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Financial planning

The major planning organisations are already gearing up to meet with the new Abbott Government ministers....

Editorial

Money Management congratulates the Coalition Liberal and National Parties on their convincing win at the 7 September Federal Election. However, in doing so, this publicat...

Editorial

When the cap doesn’t fit

Just because both the Government and the Federal Opposition have, in their own ways, undertaken not to significantly alter the superannuation settings in a post-election ...

Editorial

Whatever next for advice?

With Parliament prorogued and the advice reform agenda incomplete, many in the financial services industry are left wondering ‘what now?’, writes Cecilia Storniolo....

Editorial

A pendulum swings both ways

Industry Super Network CEO David Whiteley has made an appeal to financial advisers to give FOFA a chance to work before rushing to have the reforms amended. ...

Rate the raters

The blame game continues

If a product receives a glowing review by a research house and subsequently fails, should the research house be partly responsible? The Parliamentary Joint Committee rece...

Superannuation

ISN attacks CPA research

The Industry Super Network has attacked CPA research linking superannuation and household debt....

Editorial

Five years without fiddling with superannuation?

The Federal Treasurer, Chris Bowen, made a very good point when addressing the recent Financial Services Council annual conference: in 1996 the then Federal Opposition pr...

Financial planning

Coalition declares approach on grandfathering

Grandfathering will remain under a Coalition Government unless the client decides otherwise....

Financial planning

No quick fix to grandfathering issue

There will be no quick fix to the grandfathering issue and the movement of planners between licensees because any possible post-election scenario could take several month...

Editorial

Don’t move – or I’ll shoot your commissions

The Association of Financial Advisers was right to open talks with Treasury officials around the status of grandfathering when planners move between one licensee and anot...

Financial planning

FOFA questions continue to trouble planners

The FOFA legislation once heralded was a long time coming – and with its implementation date has also arrived a raft of questions as to how parts of the legislation will ...