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Financial planning

Bank executive confirms impact of grandfathering on practice funding. ...

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Financial planning

Assistant Treasurer Arthur Sinodinos flags what could be a lengthy process to FOFA changes....

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Financial planning

The FPA has written to the Government seeking clarity around grandfathering and urging a tax deduction for the provision of initial advice....

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Financial planning

Moving licensees or client books should not trigger an automatic loss of grandfathered revenue, according to financial services lawyer. ...

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Superannuation

The early news around the state of the Budget deficit suggests the Government will not be moving to lift concessional contribution caps....

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Editorial

With the naming of the first Abbott Cabinet, the Australian Financial Services industry has, unusually, found itself dealing with ministers who actually have some experie...

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Superannuation

CSSA is calling on the Coalition to adopt the super leniency regulation it put forward under Labor....

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Financial planning

The major planning organisations are already gearing up to meet with the new Abbott Government ministers....

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Financial planning

The new Abbott Cabinet adopts a less specific approach to handling of the Financial Services portfolio....

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Financial planning

Prime Minsiter Tony Abbott announces Cormann as Minister for Finance and Sinodinos as Assistant Treasurer...

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Financial planning

There will be no quick fix to the grandfathering issue and the movement of planners between licensees because any possible post-election scenario could take several month...

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Funds management

In a final act before the election, the Government has refined the Managed Investment Trust regulatory regime....

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Superannuation

Small businesses will have recourse to the Superannuation Complaints Tribunal as well as other external disputes resolution services under changes announced by the Federa...

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Superannuation

Small business will be able to access the Superannuation Complaints Tribunal under Government changes. ...

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Financial planning

David Bradbury replaces Bill Shorten in Financial Services portfolio....

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So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

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Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...

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Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...

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A Sydney financial adviser has been permanently banned from providing any financial services, with the regulator deriding his “lack of integrity, trustworthiness and prof...

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Minister for Financial Services, Stephen Jones, has provided further information about the second tranche of the Delivering Better Financial Outcomes (DBFO) reforms....

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One licensee has lost 27 advisers in the past week, now sitting at zero, according to the latest Wealth Data figures....

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