Many financial planners have lost faith in the Federal Government’s willingness to inject balance into FOFA and, as Mike Taylor writes, this attitude was not helped by re...
The policy uncertainty surrounding the Federal Government's proposed Future of Financial Advice changes appear to have contributed to wiping up to 15 per cent off the val...
The Federal Government has run out of time to ensure its new foreign investment rules apply to the current financial year....
With the recent one-year anniversary of Julia Gillard toppling Kevin Rudd as Prime Minister and leader of the Federal Parliamentary Labor Party, the Australian financial ...
The Federal Opposition has claimed that a higher super guarantee would erode take-home pay....
Recent reports suggesting that a group made up of industry funds, consumer groups and trade unions was ready to drop support for ‘opt-in’ if planners agreed to no longer ...
Tim Browne shares his views and presents some case histories as he surveys the much-debated topic of banning commissions for risk insurance within superannuation. ...
The Government needs to consider all sides of the debate as it prepares to release the Future of Financial Advice draft legislation, writes Mike Taylor....
Providers of superannuation products and simple managed investment schemes will have just over a year to adapt to new Product Disclosure Statement (PDS) requirements, und...
The Federal Government has begun the process of phasing out pension drawdown relief....
The Assistant Treasurer and Minister for Financial Services, Bill Shorten, has introduced legislation that will ensure capital gains and franked distributions can continu...
The Federal Government may have handed down its Future of Financial Advice (FOFA) proposals but that has not served to end uncertainty in the financial services industry....
Shorten introduces amendments to fix reportable superannuation rules....
When you discover, more than two years after the event, that you’ve stuffed up a policy initiative, such as Stronger Super, you really owe it to the electorate to f...
Government tidies up excess contributions’ unintended consequences....
So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...
Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...
Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...