FOFA

Superannuation

SMSFs to defy doomsayers with continued growth

Though the death of SMSFs may have been regularly predicted in years past, modelling within Deloitte's Dynamics of the Australian Superannuation System report, released i...

Superannuation

SPAA welcomes FOFA implementation delay

SPAA says financial planners, auditors and accountants needed the 12-month delay to FOFA implementation....

Superannuation

SMSFs and accountants - fitting a square peg into a round hole

Many have advocated that accountants simply get licensed if they wish to advise on SMSFs. However, Liz Westover claims the current single licensing model poses many diffi...

Editorial

FOFA set to give free kick to superannuation funds

The Government’s handling of FOFA risks entrenching an inappropriate advantage for superannuation funds with respect to the provision of financial advice, writes Mike Tay...

Financial planning

Financial advice and the business of managing change

This is a great time for financial advisers to reflect upon the concept of change in itself, and review some truths about effectively managing change, writes Sue Viskovic...

Editorial

FOFA's failings come into focus as time runs out

The financial planning industry understands that time is running out to extract key amendments to the FOFA bills and, as Mike Taylor writes, the industry has distilled it...

Policy & Regulation

FOFA amendments still needed despite delay

The FPA and AFA will continue to press for amendments to FOFA despite the 12-month implementation period....

Policy & Regulation

Bill Shorten extends FOFA implementation to July 1, 2013

Government extends compulsory FOFA implementation to July 1, 2013....

Policy & Regulation

Parliament scheduled to debate FOFA today

All focus has turned to Opposition amendments and the attitude of the independents as Parliament prepares to debate the FOFA bills....

Editorial

Have ASIC and APRA lost their objectivity?

Concerns ASIC and APRA were becoming increasingly politicised were brought to a head during the hearings into the FOFA reforms....

Editorial

Hedge funds pay a heavy price for GFC

Ever since the first impact of the global financial crisis, both international and domestic regulators have been announcing changes to hedge funds, which would aim at imp...

Policy & Regulation

Concern around timing of FOFA bills debate

The absence of key independent Bob Katter emerges as a concern as the FOFA bills loom for debate....

Editorial

Will FOFA hold up to parliamentary scrutiny?

Mike Taylor writes that the dissenting reports produced within the Parliamentary Joint Committee reviewing the FOFA bills will ensure the key points are thoroughly debate...

Financial planning

Accountants cautious on financial planning alignments

The independence of accountants who align their businesses with financial planning dealer groups could be called into question, according to RSM Bird Cameron principal Pe...