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Editorial
Many financial planners have lost faith in the Federal Government’s willingness to inject balance into FOFA and, as Mike Taylor writes, this attitude was not helped by re...
Policy & Regulation
The policy uncertainty surrounding the Federal Government's proposed Future of Financial Advice changes appear to have contributed to wiping up to 15 per cent off the val...
Financial planning
The Federal Government has run out of time to ensure its new foreign investment rules apply to the current financial year....
Editorial
With the recent one-year anniversary of Julia Gillard toppling Kevin Rudd as Prime Minister and leader of the Federal Parliamentary Labor Party, the Australian financial ...
Financial planning
The Federal Opposition has claimed that a higher super guarantee would erode take-home pay....
Editorial
Recent reports suggesting that a group made up of industry funds, consumer groups and trade unions was ready to drop support for ‘opt-in’ if planners agreed to no longer ...
Editorial
Tim Browne shares his views and presents some case histories as he surveys the much-debated topic of banning commissions for risk insurance within superannuation. ...
Editorial
The Government needs to consider all sides of the debate as it prepares to release the Future of Financial Advice draft legislation, writes Mike Taylor....
Financial planning
Providers of superannuation products and simple managed investment schemes will have just over a year to adapt to new Product Disclosure Statement (PDS) requirements, und...
Financial planning
The Federal Government has begun the process of phasing out pension drawdown relief....
Financial planning
The Assistant Treasurer and Minister for Financial Services, Bill Shorten, has introduced legislation that will ensure capital gains and franked distributions can continu...
Editorial
The Federal Government may have handed down its Future of Financial Advice (FOFA) proposals but that has not served to end uncertainty in the financial services industry....
Superannuation
Shorten introduces amendments to fix reportable superannuation rules....
Editorial
When you discover, more than two years after the event, that you’ve stuffed up a policy initiative, such as Stronger Super, you really owe it to the electorate to f...
Financial planning
Government tidies up excess contributions’ unintended consequences....
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Podcast
The succession dilemma is more than just a matter of commitments.This isn’t simply about younger vs. older advisers. It’...
Significant ethical issues there. If a relationship is in the process of breaking down then both parties are likely to b...
It's not licensees not putting them on, it's small businesses (that are licensed) that cannot afford to put them on. The...