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The Financial Planning Association has recruited Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia chief financial officer and company secretary Robert Swanbury as its new...
Financial planning
The costs of breach reporting to the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority and the Australian Securities and Investments Commission exceed the benefits that accrue t...
Superannuation
The ATO has signalled that it will be lifting the level of compliance activity surrounding SMSFs by increasing the number of people working in its compliance area by 350....
Financial planning
ASIC is still closely monitoring the use of financial planning dealer groups’ approved product lists to ensure they do not give rise to investment advice that is given wi...
Financial planning
A legal loophole that allowed the funnelling of money into superannuation to defeat creditors will be closed under changes announced by the Federal Attorney General and t...
Financial planning
The value of a Parliamentary Inquiry, the terms of reference of which appear to favour retail superannuation funds over their industry counterparts, is being questioned b...
Financial planning
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has been told it needs to be more specific when providing case studies of conflicts of interest....
Financial planning
The second consultation period on the Government’s anti-money laundering reform package has been delayed until mid-June to enable full consideration of the views of indus...
Superannuation
After you’ve clocked up a few years in the workforce, those fantasies about driving off into the sunset seem to come up a lot more frequently. But if the federal governme...
Financial planning
Despite one in five financial planners falling foul of the corporate regulator in its latest shadow shopping exercise, and the resulting negative coverage in the mainstre...
Financial planning
Ex-patriots from the United Kingdom looking to transfer their pension across to Australia may be limited in their choice of investments, and could be hit with huge tax bi...
Financial planning
Superannuation funds should take action within 10 working days of a customer requesting payment or additional information, according to Association of Superannuation Fund...
Policy & Regulation
ASFA has welcomed confirmation this morning that the Federal Government will ensure superannuation is included in its international benchmarking of the Australian taxatio...
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This verdict highlights something deeply wrong and rotten at the heart of the FSCP. We are witnessing a heavy-handed, op...
Interesting. Would be good to know the details of the StrategyOne deal....
It’s astonishing to see the FAAA now pushing for more advisers by courting "career changers" and international recruits,...