The Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) has taken a largely sympathetic approach to an option within a Treasury options paper to alter the Australian F...

Richard Klipin takes a look at 2010 and the impact it has had on the financial planning industry....

The Federal Government has moved to simplify the GST arrangements regarding taxes, fees and charges....

While there has been some speculation that Perpetual would be the next logical takeover target in a rapidly consolidating Australian wealth management industry, few expec...

As the Federal Treasury reaches the final stages of its consultation process around the Future of Financial Advice reforms, the debate has seemed closed to the very peopl...

New generation platform providers have criticised the ‘preferential programs’ initiated by their peers, claiming they have the potential to bias the advice gi...

The Assistant Treasurer and Financial Services Minister, Bill Shorten, has released a discussion paper around the proposed changes to income tax laws....

The majority of advisers surveyed by Radar Results believe it is likely they will lose clients as a result of the opt in for continuing advice reform....

The industry needs to move beyond telling Treasury why opt-in requirements and banning volume rebates won’t work and start offering solutions to the problems, accor...

The Government is not likely to budge on the implementation of an opt-in provision but is flexible on how it is achieved....

The inspector general of taxation has recommended the abolishment of the oral rulings system to the Australian Taxation Office (ATO), in view of the continuing low level ...

Insurers including Zurich, Asteron and ING have called on Treasury to reveal some of its intentions concerning commissions for life insurance....

The SPAA has recommended an ‘opt-out’ from the superannuation guarantee as a way for people with multiple employers to avoiding incurring significant tax pena...

The Treasury has deferred the application of the National Tax Agent Services regime to financial planners until 1 July, 2011, a move which has been applauded by financial...