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Malavika Santhebennur writes that many policy issues that beleaguered the financial services sector in 2015 remained in 2016, and would continue into 2017....

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Financial planning

Industry associations have welcomed the Federal Government’s introduction of the bill to mandate higher education and professional standards for advisers....

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Financial planning

The Minister for Revenue and Financial Services, Kelly O’Dwyer, has introduced the bill to mandate professional standards and education into Parliament today....

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Financial planning

Financial planner performance should be rated and cross checked against a market benchmark as part of moves to mandate professional standards for planners....

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Editorial

The Government has commissioned a timely review of the external dispute resolution schemes covering financial services, but it should focus more on equity and effectivene...

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Financial planning

The Government announced a review into the dispute resolution and complaints framework as it looked towards efficiency and regulatory costs....

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Financial planning

Kelly O’Dwyer has retained her financial services portfolio but has relinquished Small Business and has become the Minister for Revenue and Financial Services....

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Superannuation

A growing number of advisers and accountants are warning that the Government’s Budget super changes will have highly negative unintended consequences....

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Financial planning

The Government has announced a $127.2 million reform package for ASIC, with costs to be recovered from all industry sectors regulated by ASIC. ...

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Policy & Regulation

The Turnbull Government has put Australia’s fintech future firmly back on the agenda with a series of policy reforms announced to help nurture a competitive regulatory en...

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Policy & Regulation

The Treasurer, Scott Morrison, has left little doubt that the super tax concessions will change in the Budget....

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Editorial

The policy speculation around taxation and superannuation has become chaotic and the Government must bring the process back to order....

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Policy & Regulation

The Government is launching a national fintech taskforce to help cement Australia’s credentials as “the leading market” for financial technology innovation in Asia Pacifi...

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Superannuation

The superannuation industry expects to be consulted on the Government’s Budget changes to super, particularly implementation issues....

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Superannuation

The Federal Government’s terms of reference to the Productivity Commission has opened the way for radical change to the default funds environment....

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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 ...

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Entireti has unveiled the new name for the AMP financial advice businesses that it acquired last year....

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A Sydney financial adviser has been permanently banned from providing any financial services, with the regulator deriding his “lack of integrity, trustworthiness and prof...

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Minister for Financial Services, Stephen Jones, has provided further information about the second tranche of the Delivering Better Financial Outcomes (DBFO) reforms....

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