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The Future of Financial Advice reforms may have passed through the House of Representatives but there is plenty of unknown detail causing concern to the major association...
Superannuation
Cecile Apolinario explains the key issues and steps trustees need to address when starting a pension for a SMSF member....
Editorial
Mike Taylor reports that submissions to the Productivity Commission review of default superannuation funds under modern awards have raised important questions about the r...
Financial planning
Australia's current financial markets' regulatory structure gives it an advantage compared to the byzantine structures in other markets, according to Nick Sherry....
Financial planning
Australian investors holding term deposits could be costing themselves money by allowing automatic rollovers, according to comparison website, RateCity....
Financial planning
ASFA and the Institute of Actuaries join forces to point out a key flaw in ASIC's class order relief on superannuation forecasts....
Financial planning
Even if financial planners don't agree with the findings of ASIC's recent shadow shopper survey, they should consider attending upcoming workshops addressing the findings...
Financial planning
ASIC has suspended the licence of boutique advice firm Australian Performance Financial Planning for three months because the company has been put under the control of an...
Editorial
Despite its relatively small size, solid growth in recent years has made the exchange-traded fund (ETF) space the envy of managed funds and some of the other sectors. Fre...
Editorial
If auditors are, indeed, the eyes and ears of the regulators in the SMSF sector, Liz Westover writes that the new auditor registration regime will prove to be crucial as ...
Financial planning
The industry's existing codes of conduct will require 'pretty radical surgery' before ASIC is likely to deem them sufficient, says Mallesons senior associate Michael Math...
Policy & Regulation
The financial services industry may be obliged to dig deeper to fund the implementation of the Government's Future of Financial Advice changes as well as its Stronger Sup...
Life/Risk
Following consultation with ASIC, Elders Insurance has repaid customers around $5.3 million as part of a program to rectify underpayments on motor vehicle insurance claim...
Financial planning
Financial Services Council sponsored research accuses unions and financial planners of "gaming" the default superannuation fund regime....
Financial planning
A former senior client advisor with Bell Potter Securities Limited, Glenn Russell Evans, has been charged with 15 counts of fraudulent conduct involving more than $1.06 m...
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So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...
Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...
Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...