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Alph Edwards takes a look at the recent introduction of the Insurance Contracts Amendment Bill 2010 and the critical changes it will have on the Insurance Contracts Act....
Financial planning
Mary Ferizis outlines the key legislative changes regarding margin lending, and the impact the changes will have on financial advice....
Financial planning
New legislation has prompted concern about the future of margin lending among industry commentators. Yet with confidence that the rebounding share market will stimulate f...
Financial planning
Financial planners are not doing enough to move their clients into level insurance premiums, resulting in higher costs for clients and higher profits for insurance compan...
Financial planning
The ATO's crackdown on the cash economy has succeeded in extracting an extra $127 million and identifying businesses under stress....
Financial planning
ASIC has obtained Federal Court orders freezing the assets of what it believes may be a Ponzi scheme....
Financial planning
Elders Forestry MIS will this year feature an attached forestry protection fund as an added failsafe against adverse financial events....
Financial planning
ASIC's new consultation paper on agribusiness schemes has prompted specialists to argue that debt rather than general information was the major problem....
Financial planning
The Boutique Financial Planning Principals Group (BFPPG) has hit back at industry dismissals of the independence of advice as a question of perception rather than reality...
Editorial
The unlisted property sector is in crisis, writes Robert Keavney. He explains why this is not the first time and expresses concerns that it will happen again....
Financial planning
Regulators think that investors should not pay for advice and should be in an index fund, according to chief executive of Franklin Templeton Investments Greg Johnson....
Financial planning
Midwinter Financial Services has released new product replacement software in anticipation of a change from the current 'reasonable basis' test for advice to the implemen...
Superannuation
MLC has called for an extension of the powers of the Superannuation Complaints Tribunal to handle SMSFs, while supporting the continuation of planner remuneration for the...
Life/Risk
The FPA Board has re-stated its belief that commission payments to advisers on the sale of insurance products should continue, saying a shift to fee-for-service in this a...
Editorial
Following the Government's prescription for better managed investment schemes disclosure, Brendan Ivers explains how these changes have affected the industry....
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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...