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The Senate Select Committee enquiring into superannuation has sealed the fate of portability regulations, using its majority report to veto the Government’s decision to p...
Financial planning
The Australian Labor Party (ALP) has emerged as the only major critic of the superannuation deal struck between the Government and the Australian Democrats to introduce a...
Financial planning
Risk insurance has been on the ropes for some time but it is far from down and out. In fact many in the game would contend the market must improve as it has no other opti...
Superannuation
More work on retirement income policy is needed if the living standard expectations by the next generation of retirees are to be met, according to a major policy statemen...
Financial planning
The Joint Parliamentary Committee’s recommendations against disclosure of commissions by risk advisers have been branded a “disgrace” and condemned by virtually all sides...
Financial planning
The Joint Parliamentary Committee inquiry into commissions on risk products has veered away from recommending mandatory disclosure rules for risk advisers, warning that t...
Life/Risk
As Rhonda Virtue writes, it is essential that members are educated about the impact of choice on insurance....
Financial planning
Choice of superannuation fund legislation is taking forever to pass through Federal Parliament. Lisa Bowman asks why....
Financial planning
The accounting profession has made a last-ditch effort for the right to provide at least a small measure of advice under the Financial Services Reform Act (FSRA)....
Financial planning
The savings industry in New Zealand is reaching out to the broader business community in an effort to provide the Government with a savings policy....
Financial planning
Shadow minister for retirement incomes and savings, Senator Nick Sherry, has pointed to figures released last week by the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority on su...
Accounting
Accountants have been cut out from providing even non-specific advice on superannuation products after revisions to the Financial Services Reform regulation adding more f...
Financial planning
As the end of the financial year approaches, Julie Bennett looks at how well advisers think traditional tax planning strategies stack up this year....
Financial planning
The financial services industry has delivered a mixed response to the Federal Budget, with one association lambasting the Government for “walking away” from Australia’s r...
Financial planning
The Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) has backed the Financial Planning Association’s (FPA) recent comments in defending the Financial Services Reform ...
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So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...
Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...
Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...