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Financial planning

FSC senior adviser, Cecilia Storniolo has pointed to the differences in treatment between accountants and planners on TASA....

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Policy & Regulation

AFA chief executive, Brad Fox says advice firms are being placed under pressure by the continuing regulatory unknowns around FOFA....

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Financial planning

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....

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Financial planning

The FPA argues that transitional issues and other factors justify delaying implementation of the Tax Agent Services Act until post-election. ...

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Financial planning

ASIC has delayed work on its financial planner training framework while the Future of Financial Advice reforms are being implemented. ...

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Financial planning

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....

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Editorial

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...

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Financial planning

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 ...

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Superannuation

A survey of mostly industry fund executives and trustees reveals reluctance to see change to super....

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Editorial

The Government’s introduction of the legislation necessary to enshrine the term ‘financial planner/adviser’ coincided with the Conference of Major Superannuation Funds, r...

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Financial planning

Industry executives are questioning the wisdom behind suggestions that financial planners should move their clients away from investment platforms....

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Superannuation

Higher superannuation taxes for upper income earners may not be the only thing contained in the Federal Budget....

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People & Products

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...

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Superannuation

Industry concern that Government may impose a threshold as low as $180,000 for its super changes....

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Superannuation

Superannuation executives have come together in advocating against further changes to super before the upcoming Federal election....

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Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...

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ASIC has suspended the Australian Financial Services Licence of a Melbourne-based financial advice firm....

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The corporate regulator has issued infringement notices to three AFSLs whose financial advisers provided personal advice to a retail client while unregistered....

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ASIC has released the results of its first adviser exam to be held in 2025, with 241 candidates attempting the test....

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