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There is an opportunity for advice firms to improve their relationships with self-employed clients, as Business Health finds they report low satisfaction levels with thei...

People & Products

With advisers opting to leave large licensees and set up their own business, the ATO has launched a new online learning platform to help small business owners meet their ...

Financial planning

The Albanese Government has announced additional funding to support Australia’s 2.5 million small businesses with their mental health....

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Financial planning

La Trobe Financial has announced measures to help those businesses affected by COVID-19....

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Policy & Regulation

More than $1.8 billion per year in repair and maintenance work on negatively geared homes could be lost if Labor goes ahead with its policy to impose restrictions on the ...

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Financial planning

Abolishing limited recourse borrowing arrangements would be detrimental to small business owners and SMSFs, as they are integral to their retirement income and business g...

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Financial planning

Small businesses are delaying hiring and investment decisions until after the federal election, new research from Westpac has revealed. ...

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Financial planning

The Institute of Public Accountants has made a direct call for accountants to be re-enabled to have ‘broader and deeper holistic conversations’ with clients....

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Financial planning

The Association of Financial Advisers has claimed the Royal Commission failed to hit what it was aiming at and, instead, has impacted small financial advisers and mortgag...

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Superannuation

A Senate Committee has been told small businesses should have recourse to a complaints mechanism when confronted by demands by superannuation funds....

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Financial planning

Adviser Ratings has signed a referral deal with Small Business First to provide small businesses access to financial planners who would accept referrals from them. ...

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Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...

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This verdict highlights something deeply wrong and rotten at the heart of the FSCP. We are witnessing a heavy-handed, op...

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Interesting. Would be good to know the details of the StrategyOne deal....

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SuperRatings has shared the median estimated return for balanced superannuation funds for the calendar year 2024, finding the year achieved “strong and consistent positiv...

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Original bidder Bain Capital, which saw its first offer rejected in December, has returned with a revised bid for Insignia Financial....

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The FAAA has secured CSLR-related documents under the FOI process, after an extended four-month wait, which show little analysis was done on how the scheme’s cost would a...

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