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Financial Planning Association chief executive Jo-Anne Bloch kicked off this year’s FPA National Conference with four significant announcements, which could lead to drast...

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The costs of breach reporting to the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority and the Australian Securities and Investments Commission exceed the benefits that accrue t...

Financial planning

The cost of retail funds are on average up to $887 more expensive than industry funds, according to a new research report on super fees and charges from ASIC....

Superannuation

The ATO has signalled that it will be lifting the level of compliance activity surrounding SMSFs by increasing the number of people working in its compliance area by 350....

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The impending introduction of the Government’s Anti-Money Laundering/Counter-terrorism Financing bill and how this will be implemented within companies has caused concern...

Financial planning

An investment analyst from MLC scooped the top award at the inaugural IFSA/Deloitte Future Leaders Awards announced yesterday in Sydney....

Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission is considering making it mandatory for so-called ‘shelf fee’ arrangements between fund managers and dealer groups to ...

Financial planning

Financial planning and software provider IWL and compliance and training consultancy Adviser Solutions have entered a business alliance to promote their services to clien...

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The Government’s plan to make professional indemnity insurance mandatory for financial planners has received a lukewarm response from the Financial Planning Association o...

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