With widespread industry concern surrounding the proposed changes, all eyes remain firmly locked on the progress of the FOFA reforms as we move into 2012 and ever-closer ...
The passing of the Minerals Resource Rent Tax (MRRT) has paved the way for an increase in the superannuation guarantee (SG)....
Having completed a rebranding and a strategic repositioning, Guardian Advice enters 2012 with an ambitious plan to expand its financial adviser base over the next three y...
The SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia has welcomed an Australian Taxation Office report that shows SMSF assets grew twice as quickly as the total industry for ...
ASIC has used its submission to the PJC to point to the difficulty of dealing with miscreant financial planners who appeal to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) ma...
The planned review of leverage in superannuation in two years time would be premature, writes Aaron Dunn....
Australian Unity Investments will be winding up its High Yield Mortgage Trust via a series of payments over the next three years....
As debate heats up over the Australian Securities and Investments Commission's (ASIC's) proposed educational guidelines for financial advisers, training providers argue t...
Financial services technology provider GBST has announced the appointment of current Boeing Australia and South Pacific president Dr Ian Thomas as non-executive independe...
The political clock is ticking and, as Mike Taylor writes, global economic reality may overtake the Government’s policy agenda before it can deliver proof of a Budget sur...
As 2011 draws to a close, it is worth reflecting upon what a challenging year it has been for Australian financial services generally and financial planners in particular...
The Minister for Financial Services and Superannuation, Bill Shorten, has announced a number of topics that will not be permitted in intra-fund financial advice....
A decision by the Government to withdraw an amendment to the director penalty regime from its recent tax laws amendment means the initiative to target phoenix directors m...
The Industry Super Network (ISN) has urged the Parliamentary Joint Committee to leave FOFA intact and lamented Government concessions on risk in superannuation and annual...
Professional Investment Services (PIS) warns that Shorten's approach of introducing FOFA in tranches has inherent dangers....
This verdict highlights something deeply wrong and rotten at the heart of the FSCP. We are witnessing a heavy-handed, op...
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,...