FSC senior adviser, Cecilia Storniolo has pointed to the differences in treatment between accountants and planners on TASA....
AFA chief executive, Brad Fox says advice firms are being placed under pressure by the continuing regulatory unknowns around FOFA....
With ASIC delaying its work on a financial planner training framework, progress on raising the bar on education seems to be stuck in limbo, writes Tim Stewart....
The FPA argues that transitional issues and other factors justify delaying implementation of the Tax Agent Services Act until post-election. ...
ASIC has delayed work on its financial planner training framework while the Future of Financial Advice reforms are being implemented. ...
The finalists for the Money Management/Lonsec 2013 Fund Manager of the Year Awards have been announced, with two new categories added to the list....
There would have been many in the Australian accounting community who last week breathed a sigh of relief when they read the documents to be dealt with by the APESB at it...
Financial advisers have echoed concerns by the Australian Lawyers Alliance that super tax changes will impact those who are catastrophically disabled, calling on the FPA ...
A survey of mostly industry fund executives and trustees reveals reluctance to see change to super....
The Government’s introduction of the legislation necessary to enshrine the term ‘financial planner/adviser’ coincided with the Conference of Major Superannuation Funds, r...
Industry executives are questioning the wisdom behind suggestions that financial planners should move their clients away from investment platforms....
Higher superannuation taxes for upper income earners may not be the only thing contained in the Federal Budget....
AMP has appointed SMSF Professionals’ Association of Australian (SPAA) technical director Peter Burgess as head of policy and technical across the institution’s SMSF divi...
Industry concern that Government may impose a threshold as low as $180,000 for its super changes....
Superannuation executives have come together in advocating against further changes to super before the upcoming Federal election....
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...