The financial services industry is battling CLERP6 legislation which could cost dealers, brokers and advisers hundreds of thousands of dollars each in CGT and stamp duty....
With the end of the financial year fast approaching it is worth looking at some the hot issues that the IFSA membership is grappling with and which will become priorities...
Education providers are scrambling for position to exploit opportunities raised by the Financial Services Reform Bill....
Mercantile Mutual has rebranded its life insurance broking arm into a dealer group, AustAdvis-ers, in a bid to attract planners seeking a solution to licensing changes sl...
The Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) will gain sweeping powers to ban advisers under CLERP 6 draft legislation, according to an industry lawyer....
Now that the dust has settled on ASIC’s long awaited master trust and wraps pol-icy, most in the industry are enthusiastic about its implementation....
Joe Hockey’s office is likely to be bombarded with reams and reams of responses to the federal government’s draft CLERP 6 legislation....
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) is claiming a “partial victory” on the issue of commission disclosure as outlined in the Financial Services Reform Bill (CLERP...
January 1, 2001 has been slated as implementation date for CLERP 6 changes....
So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...
Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...
Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...