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The February sitting of the FASEA exam saw a pass rate of 82% and the June exam will not have a face-to-face sitting....
Policy & Regulation
Tax agents and advisers have been warned against trying to manipulate the business and employment policy changes put in place by the Government to deal with COVID-19....
Funds management
Liquidity in the Australian bond market has been extremely poor but there are some pockets of opportunity opening up, according to Janus Henderson....
Funds management
The weakness in the Aussie dollar against major currencies presents an opportunity for investors to ‘lock in’ currency gains made by other international currencies they h...
Life/Risk
The Financial Services Council has issued an undertaking on behalf of the major life insurers covering the rights of frontline health and other workers in the face of COV...
Financial planning
Australians who have been granted a deferral on their loan repayments will not have their credit rating impacted, so long as they were up to date with repayments prior to...
Features
Self-managed superannuation funds specialist, Meg Heffron, explains why the Government’s COVID-19 measures providing hardship early access to superannuation represent a s...
Features
Working from home is one of the biggest shifts globally to have come as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. While a financial adviser’s work is centred around physical fa...
Expert Analysis
As Australia moves under lockdown, ASIC needs to ease the regulatory burden for advisers unable to meet face-to-face with clients, writes Shannon Bernasconi....
Expert Analysis
We all need to keep our vigilance high during these extraordinary times, but perhaps nowhere is our attention more warranted than over money and data, writes Dean Martin....
Expert Analysis
It is critical that people understand what happens in that often-unknown process of passing away and are prepared with a will, writes Anna Hacker....
Funds management
There is likely to be a ‘lasting reduction’ in demand for travel firms and cruise companies even after the market recovers from COVID-19, according to Magellan....
Funds management
The economic configurations and behaviours after the pandemic caused by COVID-19 will be very different from those that prevailed earlier, according to Janus Henderson....
Financial planning
As COVID-19 continues, the founder of one of Australia’s largest credit card comparators has called for a freeze on credit card interest and repayments for six months....
Funds management
The “jury is out” over how successful the investment impact of the Federal Government’s stimulus package will be to the economy, according to VanEck....
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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...