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Superannuation

The Your Future, Your Super bill has now been passed in the Senate and will come into force on 1 July, 2021. ...

Superannuation

Federal Parliament yesterday passed legislation intended to weed out underperforming superannuation fund trustees, in a move that a major industry body said would “end th...

Policy & Regulation

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission is arguing that giving it product sales training intervention powers may reduce the need for it to take extreme actio...

Financial planning

The Financial Planning Association has suggested risk rating financial products to better target consumer protections....

Editorial

Mike Taylor writes that the Government’s proposals to make it easier for people to opt-out of insurance within superannuation comes with risks which cannot be ignored....

Financial planning

The Life Insurance Framework bill has passed through the House of Representatives unopposed, even as a Liberal Party member expressed concerns over possible unintended co...

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MARKET INSIGHTS

So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

5 months ago

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

5 months 1 week ago

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

7 months 1 week ago

The FSCP has issued a written direction to an adviser who charged clients “extraordinary fees” for inappropriate and conflicted advice, as well as encouraged them to swit...

1 week 6 days ago

ASIC has cancelled the AFSL of an advice firm associated with Shield and First Guardian collapses, and permanently banned its responsible manager. ...

3 weeks 2 days ago

ASIC has confirmed the industry funding levy for the 2024–25 financial year, and how much licensees can expect to pay....

3 days 21 hours ago