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Financial planning
A new survey reveals the extent to which regulators are failing to deliver timely answers to Parliament....
Financial planning
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) and the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) have agreed to help authorised deposit-taking institutions (ADI) adhere to n...
Tools & guides
Julie Steed explains why a small APRA fund can provide clients with control but without the administration responsibilities....
Financial planning
New APRA research has identified a wide disparity between the fees being paid by retail funds and not-for-profits for very similar services....
Financial planning
APRA has recommended superannuation trustees adopt a suitable classification process to ensure members can distinguish between the characteristics of each investment stra...
Financial planning
APRA has warned that Europe's sovereign debt issues have reinforced the need to maintain momentum on regulatory reform....
Financial planning
An Australian National Audit Office report has revealed that the inactivity of some large super funds has denied members access to the co-contribution regime....
Financial planning
APRA warns that Australian banks will be subject to regulatory change despite the resilience of our existing regime....
Editorial
The SMSF administration industry has started a long journey of transformation from a cottage industry to a profession....
Financial planning
APRA has released a discussion paper that seeks to dramatically broaden its supervisory mandate to cover diverse financial conglomerates, which it considers are currently...
Superannuation
Dixon Advisory is arguing against the imposition of mandatory minimum SMSF balances on the basis that it would amount to excluding one part of the population....
Superannuation
The Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees has called for stronger regulation of advisers to SMSFs and highlighted the need for funds to be fully regulated under...
Financial planning
The worst of the global financial crisis may be over, but the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority says it is too early to drop the regulatory guard....
Editorial
The Heffron technical team take a look at the current state of play for defined benefit pensions and the social security asset test exemption rules and how they affect SM...
Superannuation
Transfers from major superannuation funds into self-managed superannuation funds (SMSFs) will be subjected to higher levels of scrutiny following moves by the Australian ...
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The succession dilemma is more than just a matter of commitments.This isn’t simply about younger vs. older advisers. It’...
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It's not licensees not putting them on, it's small businesses (that are licensed) that cannot afford to put them on. The...