GOVERNMENT AND REGULATION

Policy & Regulation

Superannuation fund trustees have urged the Government to provide more time and certainty for the transition to a Stronger Super and FOFA regime....

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Life/Risk

ASIC moves to ensure ADIs understand dangers of miss-selling consumer credit insurance....

Financial planning

Angered by the Government's FOFA bill, financial planners have already begun lobbying the key independents in pursuit of crucial amendments....

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Policy & Regulation

Canadian financial planning and life insurance expert Bruce Etherington has compared Australia's current round of Future of Financial Advice (FOFA) reforms to previous ex...

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Editorial

The industry superannuation funds advertising campaign reached such a level in September and early October that it prompted the Financial Planning Association (FPA) and t...

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Editorial

It is now more than six years' since the industry superannuation funds launched their 'compare the pair' advertising campaign and, as Mike Taylor reports, it appears to h...

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Editorial

The Government guarantee on deposits was recently capped at $250,000. Tamara Radice details the facts about the change and explores options available to investors under t...

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Superannuation

As a result of the Cooper Review, rule changes have been implemented in relation to the requirements for the ownership of collectible and personal use assets by self-mana...

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Accounting

Small Independent Super Funds Association wants definitive framework for accountants providing advice....

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Superannuation

Lachlan Partners believes an ATO draft ruling may catch non-dependent death beneficiaries....

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Funds management

iShares has released a paper recommending universal standards of transparency and disclosure for the global ETF market....

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Financial planning

The Government's inclusion of an annual disclosure on all financial advisers in its FOFA bills seriously breaches understanding around the legislation....

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Policy & Regulation

The Federal Opposition will seek to have the Government's Future of Financial Advice (FOFA) bills sent to a Parliamentary inquiry....

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Funds management

Yesterday's S&P/ASX Australian Fixed Income Index Series launch is an important step in towards the creation of fixed income exchange traded funds in Australia, according...

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Financial planning

The Government has introduced legislation into Parliament that will strengthen the obligations of company directors and ensure superannuation payments are made to employe...

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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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This verdict highlights something deeply wrong and rotten at the heart of the FSCP. We are witnessing a heavy-handed, op...

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Interesting. Would be good to know the details of the StrategyOne deal....

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