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The Federal Government’s top finance industry advisory group - the Financial Sector Advisory Council - is calling on Australia to resist excessive regulation of the finan...
Financial planning
Two of the industry's largest associations have pre-empted Government and regulators by outlawing several methods of alternative remuneration, and will now seek to reach ...
Financial planning
Two of the industry’s largest associations have pre-empted Government and regulators by outlawing several methods of alternative remuneration, and will now seek to reach ...
Financial planning
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has issued its anticipated further direction on the much maligned issue of Statements of Advice by releasing a new cl...
Financial planning
The recent terse exchange between the Financial Planning Association and the Australian Investors Association revealed some of the deeper held suspicions relating to soft...
Financial planning
The Federal Government has acknowledged inherent flaws within the new Financial Services Reform regime are largely due to the legislation being principle-based rather tha...
Life/Risk
The Financial Services Reform Act has changed the world of risk insurance, but as Ross Kelly writes, opinion is divided on whether the task has become harder for advisers...
Financial planning
Under certain circumstances during an income protection claim, insurers may request proof of earnings from the claimant, says Col Fullagar....
Financial planning
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission is set to release the details of its ongoing work in the area of disclosure in light of last week’s commentary on its...
Financial planning
The Federal Government’s CLERP 9 reforms passed through the Senate last night after the Australian Labor Party secured the backing of the Democrats making several amendme...
Financial planning
After seven years of political hand-balling, choice of fund legislation was passed by the Senate last night to become Australian law with the Federal Government set to sp...
Financial planning
The ideological differences between the Investments and Financial Service Association and the Association of Superannuation Funds Australia, which led to the Federal Gove...
Financial planning
The Australian Securities and Investment Commission has released a revised version of its good practice model for fee disclosure in product disclosure statements that wil...
Financial planning
The Australian Investors Association today called on the financial services industry to self regulate itself by outlawing all forms of soft dollar payments in a move nega...
Financial planning
The Financial Planning Association has clashed with the Australian Investors Association over the latter accusing the FPA of making false and misleading statements along ...
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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 ...
Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...