Mike Taylor writes that the new assistant minister for Superannuation, Financial Services and Financial Technology will find some urgent matters sitting in her portfolio ...
Financial advisers have been badly served by the disagreements and divisions of past years and should encourage their representative organisations to speak with one voice...
Making sure clients are doing everything they can to boost their super is always a good idea, Laura Wright believes, and the lead-up to the end of the financial year is a...
A fund focused on providing tax effective returns has launched, aiming to offer investors a tax rate of nine to 11 per cent....
Both the Financial Planning Association and the Association of Financial Advisers have signalled that their lobbying priority with the newly re-elected Morrison Governmen...
International ratings agency, Fitch Ratings has pointed to some significant economic challenges confronting the re-elected Coalition Government....
Strategies based on particular government policy positions should be regarded as having reliable shelf-life no longer than that of the Government which introduced them....
Major insurer ClearView has urged life/risk advisers to complete a survey about the future of their businesses in a post-LIF and Royal Commission world so their voices ca...
The Federal Opposition has found itself in difficulty over its legacy superannuation tax policy and the continuing debate over refundable franking credits....
Business leaders’ confidence in the economy has fallen for the third consecutive quarter, according to The Executive Connection CEO Confidence Index....
The Australian Labor Party has targeted 1 January, next year, for implementation of policy to end negative gearing, much sooner than many expected....
Small businesses are delaying hiring and investment decisions until after the federal election, new research from Westpac has revealed. ...
In a sea of reform recommendations for the banking and financial services sector, a looming election may see politicians skim across the surface on matters that deserve a...
Industry organisations and firms have until 1 February to lodge a pre-Budget submission with the Federal Treasury but, thus far, no one actually has....
Major risks associated with the residential property could increase significantly in 2019, according to RiskWise Property Research. ...
So shareholders lose a dividend plus have seen the erosion of value. Qantas decides to clawback remuneration from Alan ...
This is why I left my last position. There was no interest in giving the client quality time, it was all about bumping ...
So the Hayne Royal Commission has left us with this. What a sad day for the financial planning industry. Clearly most ...