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Financial planning

Minister for Financial Services Bill Shorten and regulators to address Financial Services Council's August national conference on the Gold Coast....

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Editorial

As ASIC moves to translate the FOFA Acts into a new regulatory environment, there appears every chance that opt-in obligations may need to become an integral part of indu...

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Superannuation

Industry super funds move to provide more transparency around remuneration ahead of Government-imposed obligations....

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Policy & Regulation

The Federal Opposition believes some segments of the financial planning industry got 'sold a dummy' on the manner in which approved industry codes of conduct would 'obvia...

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Financial planning

The Financial Services Council has supported the view of Richard St John that a last resort compensation scheme would be 'inappropriate and counterproductive' for the fin...

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Financial planning

The Australian financial services system is in danger of being unable to comply with the new foreign tax compliance system proposed by the United States, according to the...

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Funds management

The winning team of the Money Management/Lonsec Fund Manager of the Year talks about its culture and what it takes to become part of Schroder Investment Management. Milan...

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Financial planning

The Federal Budget has won little applause and much criticism from the financial services industry....

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Superannuation

Cbus' 2012 annual report has announced the superannuation fund's new standards for disclosure, two months after the Financial Services Council announced plans for members...

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Financial planning

Participants in the Financial Planning Association's shadow shopper workshops have called for better clarity from the regulator, as ASIC commissioner Peter Kell elaborate...

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Superannuation

The Federal Government has been accused of taking a "backward and capricious step" by altering the tax settings on superannuation in the forthcoming Federal Budget....

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Financial planning

Compliant industry codes of conduct deemed to obviate the need to comply with opt-in requirements will have to meet a hefty set of criteria, according to ASIC commissione...

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Financial planning

Level of interest sees AFA/FSC upgrade to a larger venue for their Future of Financial Advice forum....

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Policy & Regulation

A surprisingly large response to a combined Association of Financial Advisers and Financial Services Council forum on the Future of Financial Advice changes indicates fin...

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Superannuation

Government warned that the costs of tinkering with superannuation could far outweigh the benefits....

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