FEDERAL ELECTION

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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Financial planning

Major risks associated with the residential property could increase significantly in 2019, according to RiskWise Property Research. ...

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JOHN GILLIES

Might be a bit different to i the past where at most there was one man from the industry on the loaded enquiry boards a...

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Simon

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My view is that after 2026 there will be quite a bit less than 10,000 'advisers' (investment advisers) and less than 100...

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