Financial planners who disclose soft dollar payments under a new industry code of practice could be hit with a hefty tax bill....
Yesterday’s deal between the Federal Government and the Democrats, that will see the Government’s stalled choice of super plans passed in the senate, will not aid the con...
The Federal Opposition’s proposed tax plan has been branded short term and opportunistic, with yesterday’s announcement by Labor leader Mark Latham triggering a barrage o...
The SwimEC (Super, Wealth and Investment Management Electronic Commerce) industry initiative mounted by the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA), the I...
Two of the industry's largest associations have pre-empted Government and regulators by outlawing several methods of alternative remuneration, and will now seek to reach ...
Two of the industry’s largest associations have pre-empted Government and regulators by outlawing several methods of alternative remuneration, and will now seek to reach ...
The financial services industry is bracing itself against the potential crippling cost of having to identify more than 9 million investors ahead of the Federal Government...
The Government seems to have secured a win with its superannuation co-contribution scheme, with a recent Investment and Financial Services Association poll revealing that...
The ideological differences between the Investments and Financial Service Association and the Association of Superannuation Funds Australia, which led to the Federal Gove...
40 per cent of Australians earning between $30,000 and $50,000 would participate in the Government’s proposed $3 for $2 superannuation co-contribution scheme, according t...
Industry groups and associations have provided a mixed response to last night’s Federal Budget announcement with some stating the 2004/05 Budget will boost retirement sav...
The Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) has appointed a deputy chief executive officer John O'Shaughnessy, following the recent decision by the then depu...
Attempts by the Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) and the Association of Superannuation Funds Australia (ASFA) to agree on a single fee measure for sup...
The Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) has welcomed changes to the superannuation and retirement income system following an announcement by the Federal ...
The Federal Government has accused the Australian Labor Party of pilfering its superannuation policies, following yesterday’s announcement by the Opposition of the first ...
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...