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Financial planning
SPAA chief executive, Andrea Slattery, says SMSF trustees should feel comforted by the level of regulatory scrutiny the sector receives....
Superannuation
Frydenberg commits to changing an SG Charge regime described as “unnecessarily harsh”....
Financial planning
The Capital Markets Cooperative Research Centre says ASIC chairman, Greg Medcraft, is off the mark when he pushes for a national exam in the absence of evidence it will a...
Financial planning
The major industry funds groups want ASIC to receive better budgetary resourcing to regulate financial planners....
Funds management
Newly appointed Federal Assistant Treasurer, Josh Frydenberg, has backed governance improvements for superannuation funds, including more independent directors....
Superannuation
APRA says it has reduced the compliance burden of super funds under its watch by changing a definition and cutting back on heavily-criticised duplication in reporting req...
Superannuation
New survey reveals that super fund CEOs need to accept responsibility for the actions of their officers and executives....
Financial planning
The AFA says advisers are too often being blamed for product failures and the misdeeds of others....
Life/Risk
APRA warns life insurers they need to take responsibility for the manner in which their products are sold....
Life/Risk
Synchron’s Don Trapnell urges risk advisers to counter worst elements of Trowbridge interim report, including five-year responsibility period....
Financial planning
ASIC moves to extend the class order relief currently underpinning general advice....
Superannuation
APRA will wait and see what finally emerges from the unions Royal Commission before acting with respect to allegations confronting Cbus....
Superannuation
APRA has been questioned over the appropriateness of industry fund directors’ fees exceeding $1 million a year....
Superannuation
The ISA points to the tension between members’ best interests and shareholder returns with respect to bank-owned super funds. ...
Policy & Regulation
The FSI final report has placed stockbrokers squarely in the regulatory cross-hairs....
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