The final element in the Investment Manager Regime has been released for consultation and includes the reworking of a number of points contained in Elements 1 and 2....
Swan refuses to explain why super changes are being pushed into Budget if they are not aimed at major savings....
Higher superannuation taxes for upper income earners may not be the only thing contained in the Federal Budget....
Coalition Senator, David Bushby questions Heather Ridout’s place on AustralianSuper board and her position on RBA....
Treasurer Wayne Swan has recommended the appointment of Wayne Byres as the next chair of the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) to the Governor-General. ...
APRA’s Charles Littrell argues the case for political bipartisanship on supporting the financial services regulators....
A negative return close to retirement can be more detrimental to a client’s savings than one at the beginning of their career. Vivek Prabhu from Perpetual explains how to...
Few people in the financial planning industry will have failed to notice, via draft legislation released by the Treasury, that the Federal Government has delivered what w...
Super funds which provide advice around tax want exemption from requirement to register as tax agents....
A general consensus has emerged that many dealer groups will have to change commercial models as a result of the new conflicted remuneration rules....
The industry has welcomed a Treasury draft detailing grandfathering and a transition time to 1 July, 2014....
With constant regulatory change impacting on the superannuation sector, financial planners are finding it difficult to focus on clients’ retirement needs, writes Bela Moo...
Kathryn Wardrobe outlines the steps for preparing your fee disclosure statement (FDS)....
Mike Taylor writes that if the Federal Government imposes changes to the superannuation tax regime in the May Budget, it may take an entire Parliamentary term before a Co...
A new survey reveals how slowly financial services regulators are responding to politicians’ questions....
This verdict highlights something deeply wrong and rotten at the heart of the FSCP. We are witnessing a heavy-handed, op...
Interesting. Would be good to know the details of the StrategyOne deal....
It’s astonishing to see the FAAA now pushing for more advisers by courting "career changers" and international recruits,...