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Industry Super Australia say changes on the performance test is a backflip by the Government, while AMP praised the move as they believe funds will be judged on their cur...
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Investors in passive funds need to be wary that they aren’t invested in zombie companies, those companies which are being propped up only by Government stimulus, accordin...
Financial planning
West Australian Liberal Senator, Mathias Cormann is to retire from politics later this year, meaning the financial services industry will lose a minister with a deep unde...
Funds management
The “jury is out” over how successful the investment impact of the Federal Government’s stimulus package will be to the economy, according to VanEck....
Policy & Regulation
A poll commissioned by the Transport Workers Union has canvassed the possibility of the Federal Government taking a stake in Qantas on the basis of any bail-out of the ai...
Superannuation
The Government will allow financially-stressed individuals to access tax-free of up to $10,000 of their superannuation in 2019-20 and a further $10,000 in 2020-21....
Financial planning
The Government should accept that if a client has signed a renewal notice with their financial adviser, that is more than enough proof of the client’s intentions, accordi...
Policy & Regulation
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has avoided declaring a targeted success rate for its ‘if not, why not’ approach to litigation and has foreshadowed t...
Policy & Regulation
The Institute of Public Accountants has put its support behind the Government’s reintroduction of the superannuation guarantee amnesty bill....
Financial planning
The wealth management strategy recently announced by AMP is a return to the dark ages, according to Synchron’s chair, Michael Harrison....
Life/Risk
The Association of Financial Advisers has warned that a significant unintended consequence of the Government’s changes to insurance inside superannuation will be an incre...
Life/Risk
Serious questions have been raised about whether the Government even understood the existence of hundreds of thousands of ‘risk-only’ superannuation fund members when it ...
Policy & Regulation
The Scheme for Detriment caused by Defective Administration is being reviewed by the government and the IPA says it needs to be fixed to better help accountants and tax p...
Superannuation
The Assistant Minister for Superannuation, Financial Services and Financial Services Technology, Senator Jane Hume has reiterated her call for an end to the culture wars ...
Policy & Regulation
Continuing Canberra’s moves against corporate misconduct and crime, Parliament yesterday passed legislation strengthening corporate and tax whistleblower protections....
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Interesting. Would be good to know the details of the StrategyOne deal....
It’s astonishing to see the FAAA now pushing for more advisers by courting "career changers" and international recruits,...
increased professionalism within the industry - shouldn't that say, FAR register almost halving in the last 24 months he...