FEDERAL ELECTION

Funds management

The FSC has announced 15 proposals ahead of the federal election which it hopes will increase the competitiveness of Australia’s financial services sector, including six ...

Features

Mike Taylor writes that the new assistant minister for Superannuation, Financial Services and Financial Technology will find some urgent matters sitting in her portfolio ...

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Editorial

Financial advisers have been badly served by the disagreements and divisions of past years and should encourage their representative organisations to speak with one voice...

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Expert Analysis

Making sure clients are doing everything they can to boost their super is always a good idea, Laura Wright believes, and the lead-up to the end of the financial year is a...

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Funds management

A fund focused on providing tax effective returns has launched, aiming to offer investors a tax rate of nine to 11 per cent....

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Financial planning

Both the Financial Planning Association and the Association of Financial Advisers have signalled that their lobbying priority with the newly re-elected Morrison Governmen...

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Policy & Regulation

International ratings agency, Fitch Ratings has pointed to some significant economic challenges confronting the re-elected Coalition Government....

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Editorial

Strategies based on particular government policy positions should be regarded as having reliable shelf-life no longer than that of the Government which introduced them....

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Life/Risk

Major insurer ClearView has urged life/risk advisers to complete a survey about the future of their businesses in a post-LIF and Royal Commission world so their voices ca...

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Policy & Regulation

The Federal Opposition has found itself in difficulty over its legacy superannuation tax policy and the continuing debate over refundable franking credits....

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Financial planning

Business leaders’ confidence in the economy has fallen for the third consecutive quarter, according to The Executive Connection CEO Confidence Index....

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Policy & Regulation

The Australian Labor Party has targeted 1 January, next year, for implementation of policy to end negative gearing, much sooner than many expected....

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Financial planning

Small businesses are delaying hiring and investment decisions until after the federal election, new research from Westpac has revealed. ...

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Features

In a sea of reform recommendations for the banking and financial services sector, a looming election may see politicians skim across the surface on matters that deserve a...

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Policy & Regulation

Industry organisations and firms have until 1 February to lodge a pre-Budget submission with the Federal Treasury but, thus far, no one actually has....

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