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Policy & Regulation

The Government has signalled its intention to eject the Fair Work Commission from default fund selection and to limit the industrial muscle of unions on superannuation is...

Superannuation

The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority has pointed to the degree to which super funds are trimming and tightening TPD definitions and reducing automatic acceptanc...

Financial planning

A specialist financial services lawyer has questioned whether planners can be held negligent for not recommending SMSFs to super fund members with high account balances....

Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has stepped back from imposing added disclosure requirements around advice on SMSF set-ups....

Policy & Regulation

ASIC has issued new guidance giving financial services firms greater scope to use digital disclosure....

Financial planning

Industry Super Australia has warned that super fund governance changes carry with them the risk of contagion from importing finance sector norms....

Policy & Regulation

ASIC to have its capabilities reviewed by expert panel....

Superannuation

Superannuation funds have strongly queried whether people who supply super funds should be excluded from being deemed “independent” for three years....

Financial planning

Macquarie has completed its Enforceable Undertaking with ASIC but its compliance bill has quadrupled to $413 million and is forecast to continue rising....

Editorial

Mike Taylor writes that the reporting of breaches needs to be accepted as not only a legal obligation but part and parcel of running a financial services company. ...

Superannuation

Former CommInsure managing director, Peter Beck, has won a 10-year legal battle with the Commonwealth Bank over his multi-million dollar defined benefit pension entitleme...

Policy & Regulation

Specialist lawyer calls for scrapping of key financial services laws that are outmoded and product-focused....

Financial planning

Yesterday’s appearance of IOOF chief executive, Chris Kelaher, before a Senate Committee has fuelled calls for a Royal Commission into financial planning....

Financial planning

ASIC has confirmed it has the big institutions still under close scrutiny over their handling of financial market benchmarks such as the Bank Bill Swap Rate....

Accounting

Two of the key accounting bodies, CPA Australia and Chartered Accountants Australia and NZ are fighting it out in the NZ High Court over allegations of professional denig...

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So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

5 months 2 weeks ago

Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...

5 months 2 weeks ago

Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...

7 months 2 weeks ago

The RBA has handed down its much-anticipated rate decision, following widespread expectations of a close call....

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The FSCP has issued a written direction to an adviser who charged clients “extraordinary fees” for inappropriate and conflicted advice, as well as encouraged them to swit...

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ASIC has confirmed the industry funding levy for the 2024–25 financial year, and how much licensees can expect to pay....

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