FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

Financial planning

The Australian Stock Exchange has been given a clean bill of health by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) in its latest annual assessment of the ...

Financial planning

The Federal Government has turned up the heat on the Labor party to outline how it will pay for $1.4 billion worth of planned superannuation tax cuts, as retirement savin...

Superannuation

The Federal Government is to create a ‘Future Fund’ to channel surplus revenue into and assist it in meeting its ongoing superannuation liabilities....

Financial planning

The Federal Government has pronounced that its co-contribution superannuation scheme could deliver 10 to 30 times the benefit to low income earners over the Opposition’s ...

Superannuation

Australians are becoming more realistic as to the level of savings required to fund a reasonable quality of life in retirement, with one in three recent retirees not havi...

Accounting

Accountants have warmly welcomed the recommendation by the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services (PJCCFS) to allow them to provide advice o...

Financial planning

The Federal Government has reassured the industry that its shake up of the Financial Transaction Reports Act 1988 (FTRA), to be drafted this week, will not send the funds...

Financial planning

The Federal Government’s top finance industry advisory group - the Financial Sector Advisory Council - is calling on Australia to resist excessive regulation of the finan...

Financial planning

The Ethical Investment Association (EIA) has condemned the Federal Government’s energy plan, Securing Australia’s Energy Future saying it does not inspire greater market ...

Financial planning

The financial services industry is bracing itself against the potential crippling cost of having to identify more than 9 million investors ahead of the Federal Government...

Financial planning

The Federal Government has acknowledged inherent flaws within the new Financial Services Reform regime are largely due to the legislation being principle-based rather tha...

Financial planning

The superannuation industry has deemed the Federal Government’s decision to exempt employers from issuing quarterly superannuation contribution statements a massive blow ...

Financial planning

The Federal Government will extend its provision of financial assistance to victims of superannuation fraud or theft in light of a recent review of part of the Superannua...

Financial planning

The Federal government will channel an extra $11 million into the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority over the next financial year, financed through widespread lev...

Financial planning

The Federal Government’s CLERP 9 reforms passed through the Senate last night after the Australian Labor Party secured the backing of the Democrats making several amendme...

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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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Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...

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