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The Financial Services Council wants the Corporations and Market Advisory Committee to extend the inquiry into charitable trusts to ensure a level playing field for all p...
Superannuation
New survey result reveals majority in favour of treating superannuation funds like publicly listed companies....
Editorial
The Financial Services Council's position on life insurance churn proved controversial, attracting criticism from the likes of Synchron's Don Trapnell....
Financial planning
A financial adviser has raised concerns about some of the marketing strategies used by banks to sell life insurance, which could have a negative financial impact on risk ...
Policy & Regulation
Over 80 per cent of financial services chief executives believe the Future of Financial Advice (FOFA) reforms will drive up the cost of operating a financial advisory net...
Superannuation
Contributions into APRA-regulated funds fell by $1 billion in the September quarter, with the biggest drop seen in discretionary contributions....
Superannuation
The Financial Services Council (FSC) has welcomed legislation that supports fund mergers through an exemption on capital gains tax (CGT)....
Superannuation
Australians and New Zealanders can consolidate their Australian and New Zealand earned retirement savings after the Federal Government passed the trans-Tasman retirement ...
People & Products
AIST chief executive Fiona Reynolds will leave her position to take on a new role as managing director for the UNPRI in London....
Editorial
With ASIC's Peter Kell pointing to a level of life insurance policy churning to warrant regulatory concern, it is time for a clear definition of 'churn'....
Life/Risk
The Financial Services Council (FSC) is understood to be close to reaching a compromise on its so-called Life Insurance framework which, if agreed, would give advisers a ...
Financial planning
Synchron director Don Trapnell has called the FSC's proposed adviser remuneration model anti-competitive....
Life/Risk
ASIC Commissioner Peter Kell told Money Management there was enough life policy churning in the financial advice industry for the regulator to be concerned about the issu...
Superannuation
Key sections of the financial services industry have lamented the Productivity Commission's failure to open up the default funds arena to more competition by removing man...
Editorial
On all the available evidence, the financial services industry is well on its way to finding a remuneration formula capable of meeting both the Government's requirements ...
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So shareholders lose a dividend plus have seen the erosion of value. Qantas decides to clawback remuneration from Alan ...
This is why I left my last position. There was no interest in giving the client quality time, it was all about bumping ...
So the Hayne Royal Commission has left us with this. What a sad day for the financial planning industry. Clearly most ...