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SPAA chief executive, Andrea Slattery, says SMSF trustees should feel comforted by the level of regulatory scrutiny the sector receives....
Superannuation
The domination of industry super funds in the modern award system has left virtually no market for higher performing, lower fee funds, according to the Financial Services...
Policy & Regulation
Safe harbours could provide a fairer valuations system then current legislation, while achieving the intended outcomes, the IGT believes....
Financial planning
The raft of reviews and inquiries into the financial planning sector has created the optimal set of circumstances in which to lift professional and educational standards ...
Financial planning
The prevention of advice crises in a post-Murray financial system will hinge on differentiating between wholesale and retail investors, an investor registry head believes...
Financial planning
The AIST has called on the Government to draw a distinction between bank aligned and independent financial planners....
Superannuation
SPAA mounts defence of LRBAs in wake of adverse FSI recommendation. ...
Superannuation
The ISA points to the tension between members’ best interests and shareholder returns with respect to bank-owned super funds. ...
Financial planning
The FSI final report recommendations has singled out life/risk commissions for particular attention, urging a level commissions approach....
Policy & Regulation
The FSI final report has placed stockbrokers squarely in the regulatory cross-hairs....
The superannuation industry has applauded the Financial System Inquiry report’s proposal to tackle income stream barriers and enshrine super goals....
Financial planning
The financial services industry has broadly welcomed the positives in the FSI final report....
Financial planning
The FSI final report has recommended establishing a Board to oversight both APRA and ASIC....
Financial planning
Much as a judge or magistrate has a duty to stay impartial when hearing matters which come before their courts, so too does a Commonwealth regulator....
Life/Risk
Government and regulators have focussed on life insurance commissions purely as a dollar amount while not acting on churn in other commission based advice sectors....
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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...
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,...