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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....
Financial planning
Industry associations have welcomed the Federal Government’s introduction of the bill to mandate higher education and professional standards for advisers....
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....
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....
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...
Financial planning
The Government announced a review into the dispute resolution and complaints framework as it looked towards efficiency and regulatory costs....
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....
Superannuation
A growing number of advisers and accountants are warning that the Government’s Budget super changes will have highly negative unintended consequences....
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. ...
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...
Policy & Regulation
The Treasurer, Scott Morrison, has left little doubt that the super tax concessions will change in the Budget....
Editorial
The policy speculation around taxation and superannuation has become chaotic and the Government must bring the process back to order....
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...
Superannuation
The superannuation industry expects to be consulted on the Government’s Budget changes to super, particularly implementation issues....
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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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....