The Financial Planning Association and the Association of Financial Advisers have formed a joint taskforce to help guide the future of life/risk commissions....
More than $1.8 billion per year in repair and maintenance work on negatively geared homes could be lost if Labor goes ahead with its policy to impose restrictions on the ...
The Association of Financial Advisers has accused the Government of unliterally and retrospectively seeking to alter the contract which exists between licensees and the A...
The Federal Opposition has found itself in difficulty over its legacy superannuation tax policy and the continuing debate over refundable franking credits....
With the Government last night announcing the Federal Budget is in a $7.1 billion surplus, Martin Currie’s chief investment officer, Reece Birtles, expects consumer spend...
The Federal Government has delivered what it is describing as the largest personal income tax since the Howard Government....
The Federal Treasurer, Josh Frydenberg has unveiled key tweaks to superannuation policy – allowing those aged 65 and 66 to make voluntary contributions without the work t...
The Federal Government has issued a discussion paper canvassing lifting the minimum default levels of insurance inside superannuation as well as including total and perma...
The Financial Services Council has received a clear message from the Government that it needs to make its Life Insurance Code of Conduct enforceable....
The Financial Services Council has called on the Government to finally act on tax relief allowing consumers to be rolled out of legacy financial products....
The Government has announced a review of the Tax Practitioners Board....
The Federal Government has been told that recent changes to superannuation have effectively eroded the incentives for people to use superannuation as a savings vehicle....
The Federal Government has been warned that glitches in its Protecting Your Super legislation could result in fund members being treated unequally....
Industry Super Australia (ISA) has launched a public awareness campaign to try and prompt legislative change to help resolve the problem of unpaid superannuation....
Building on comments from Royal Commissioner Kenneth Hayne on the importance of financial counselling financing, the Government has announced a review of the funding of t...
Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...
This verdict highlights something deeply wrong and rotten at the heart of the FSCP. We are witnessing a heavy-handed, op...
Interesting. Would be good to know the details of the StrategyOne deal....