FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
Editorial
The Investment and Financial Services Association’s (IFSA) sponsorship of research by KPMG and Econotech that defines the value of financial advice was both necessary and...
Editorial
Trustees should be free to make investment decisions without regulatory influences that create artificial markets for certain classes, writes Pauline Vamos....
Editorial
Hit hard by the global financial crisis, the value of infrastructure in portfolios is being questioned by investors, writes Amal Awad....
Superannuation
Chris Bowen has announced that SMSFs will not be exempt from the changes stemming from the Henry and Cooper reviews....
Financial planning
A reluctance to commit to infrastructure investment may prompt the Federal Government to look to alternatives such as bonds to fund future projects....
Policy & Regulation
Research commissioned by ASFA sends a strong warning to the Federal Government not to dip further into the superannuation pool, while also pointing to a lack of confidenc...
Financial planning
Australians using more cash in face of economic adversity....
Financial planning
Platforms and wraps have become such an integral part of the financial planning revenue equation that any changes to the regulatory environment are likely to be felt up a...
Financial planning
The chairman of the Federal Government inquiry into superannuation, Jeremy Cooper, has raised the prospect of the government operating a national super default fund....
Financial planning
The Federal Government has improved the death and invalidity benefits of the Military Superannuation and Benefits Scheme (MSBS)....
Financial planning
The Law Council of Australia is calling on the Federal Government to address judges’ pension laws, which it says has the potential to discriminate against the former spou...
Editorial
The global financial crisis has dampened Australians’ ardour for lump sum superannuation payouts, with the result that a rash of new pension products are coming to market...
Life/Risk
The Federal Government has taken the unusual step of activating the insurance compensation scheme used to handle claims against companies that become insolvent....
Editorial
Will the policy tide turn against commissions? Michael Mathieson considers the future prospects for remuneration in the industry....
Financial planning
The Minister for Financial Services, Chris Bowen, has reinforced the Government's intention to establish Sydney as a regional financial services hub....
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The succession dilemma is more than just a matter of commitments.This isn’t simply about younger vs. older advisers. It’...
Significant ethical issues there. If a relationship is in the process of breaking down then both parties are likely to b...
It's not licensees not putting them on, it's small businesses (that are licensed) that cannot afford to put them on. The...