GOVERNMENT

Superannuation

The growth of the self-managed superannuation funds (SMSF) sector could be damaged by the failure of fund members to properly manage the funds and their holdings, accordi...

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Financial planning

ASFA chief Pauline Vamos urges Commonwealth departments and agencies to continue working on the implementation issues around financial services legislation despite the Go...

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Financial planning

APRA has commenced proceedings in the Australian Federal Court seeking the disqualification of former Trio Capital director David Millhouse....

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Financial planning

The FPA has called upon both parties to commit to promoting financial advice as it would result in “an informed nation of financially enabled Australians”....

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Financial planning

There will be no quick fix to the grandfathering issue and the movement of planners between licensees because any possible post-election scenario could take several month...

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Financial planning

Japan has embarked upon a bold new experiment to boost its moribund economy using monetary, fiscal and structural measures – the “three arrows” – and investors too will n...

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Life/Risk

It started life misnamed as insurance which created widespread misunderstanding. Gavin Lai explains why it’s important to understand that DisabilityCare complements rathe...

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Financial planning

Dealer group recruitment is mostly frozen until after the Federal Election when grandfathering can be clarified. ...

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Superannuation

The Federal Opposition lodges questions on underlying costs of MySuper products....

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Financial planning

Key elements of the Government’s financial services agenda have been rendered still-born by the election....

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Financial planning

The ABA has asked the Federal Government to consider the new bank levy as part of a broader inquiry into Australia’s financial services sector, or do away with it entirel...

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Editorial

Tasmanian Liberal Senator, David Bushby, who is chairing the Senate Committee reviewing ASIC, made a very good point when he said that nothing in the FOFA changes will pr...

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Editorial

The outcome of the next Federal election will determine the degree to which the financial services industry will be subjected to another far-reaching review similar to th...

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Superannuation

The Federal Opposition has called on the Government to give undertakings not use superannuation as a milch cow to feed the Budget deficit....

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Editorial

Due to the wave of change ripping through the financial services industry, law firms specialising in this sector will be fighting for your business. Leanne Mezrani points...

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