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Superannuation

Reports of payments to a union official and a mandate to a property developer have intensified the spotlight on industry superannuation funds governance....

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Policy & Regulation

A senior lawyer has warned there is nothing in FOFA to prevent a repeat of Trio Capital, Storm Financial or Westpoint....

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Financial planning

Minister for Financial Services Bill Shorten canvasses SMSF compensation levy while fingering some financial advisers on Trio Capital collapse....

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Financial planning

The Parliamentary Joint Committee investigating the Trio Capital collapse says it is more troubling than Storm Financial, and the FOFA changes are unlikely to stop a repe...

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Superannuation

Opposition urges action to extend compensation to a wider range of Trio Capital investors....

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Financial planning

The Federal Opposition has accused new Parliamentary Secretary Bernie Ripoll of adopting a contradictory approach on legislation. ...

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Financial planning

The ownership of financial planners by product manufacturers creates one of the main barriers to improving the quality of advice in Australia, according to ASIC....

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Superannuation

The Government should act immediately to improve the current anti-competitive arrangements for the selection of default superannuation rather than waiting a year for the ...

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Editorial

The financial planning industry understands that time is running out to extract key amendments to the FOFA bills and, as Mike Taylor writes, the industry has distilled it...

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Editorial

Concerns ASIC and APRA were becoming increasingly politicised were brought to a head during the hearings into the FOFA reforms....

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Editorial

Mike Taylor writes that the dissenting reports produced within the Parliamentary Joint Committee reviewing the FOFA bills will ensure the key points are thoroughly debate...

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Policy & Regulation

The FPA has written to the key independents outlining the flaws in the FOFA bills and seeking support for amendments....

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Policy & Regulation

Both the FPA and AFA have distilled their lobbying on FOFA to sets of key issues and vow to maintain the fight....

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Editorial

Recent suggestions that Kevin Rudd would offer Bill Shorten the Treasury portfolio in the event Rudd returned to the prime ministership is a reflection of the silliness t...

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Policy & Regulation

Financial planning industry awaits announcements from Financial Services Minister, Bill Shorten, while lobbying around FOFA amendments intensifies....

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