PRODUCTIVITY COMMISSION

Financial planning

The Productivity Commission has been told that the cost of changing the rules around the provision of ‘general advice’ could run into millions of dollars....

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Financial planning

The Productivity Commission chairman, Peter Harris, has claimed the Future of Financial Advice increased market concentration while suggesting planners should be allowed ...

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Policy & Regulation

The mortgage broking industry is facing the prospect of a consumer best interest duty as a result of Productivity Commission scrutiny....

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Policy & Regulation

The Productivity Commission is urging that the regulators be given more power to drive competition in the financial services industry....

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Financial planning

The Productivity Commission has agreed the term ‘general advice’ is misleading and should be changed, with advice being regarded as being owned by professional advisers....

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Financial planning

MLC Life Insurance is urging regulatory flexibility to facilitate greater use of robo technology in the life/risk advice space....

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Financial planning

AMP Limited has claimed there is no evidence to substantiate claims that 'independent' financial advice is of better quality than that delivered by planners working withi...

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Financial planning

The CBA was the first bank yesterday to announce it was removing ATM withdrawal fees, and was quickly followed by the other majors amid continuing calls for a Royal Commi...

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Financial planning

Even well-meaning financial planners may not always be competent to advise on complex superannuation issues, according to a submission filed with the Productivity Commis...

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Superannuation

The Productivity Commission has been asked to consider why APRA-regulated funds do not allow their members to achieve the same tax outcomes as members of SMSFs....

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Policy & Regulation

The Australian Bankers’ Association has called for a change to tax reforms as part of a review into how public sector services are funded....

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Superannuation

Retail funds and self-managed superannuation funds have outstripped industry funds for member satisfaction mostly due to higher account balances, according to the latest ...

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Superannuation

Industry Super Australia has attacked the direction of the Productivity Commission’s latest superannuation inquiry arguing it is too focused on competition while ignoring...

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Superannuation

Superannuation fund members are being ill-served by the current group superannuation regime and should be made to opt-in, according to insurer, ClearView....

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Financial planning

A Royal Commission will trump any Productivity Commission scrutiny of vertical integration in the financial services sector, according to Federal Opposition leader, Bill ...

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