FEDERAL ELECTION 2016
Editorial
Mike Taylor writes that the major parties need to understand that notwithstanding the delicate make-up of the Senate, it is time to end the uncertainty around superannuat...
Financial planning
The Federal Government will allow its expert standards setting body discretion to issue exemptions on a case-by-case basis....
Financial planning
Kelly O’Dwyer has retained her financial services portfolio but has relinquished Small Business and has become the Minister for Revenue and Financial Services....
Editorial
Financial planners should brace themselves for a further period of political and policy uncertainty and possibly rue the lost opportunities of 2013-16. ...
Financial planning
There are suggestions that the make-up of the new Federal Parliament makes a Royal Commission into banking and financial services inevitable. What do you think?...
Financial planning
School-like exams might not be appropriate for all advisers under the new education standards, and the word 'exam' should be removed from the Exposure Draft, the AFA said...
Superannuation
The outcome of the Federal election will not change the fact that the new super regime is for building only a moderate retirement nest-egg, according to Austock....
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Podcast
The succession dilemma is more than just a matter of commitments.This isn’t simply about younger vs. older advisers. It’...
Significant ethical issues there. If a relationship is in the process of breaking down then both parties are likely to b...
It's not licensees not putting them on, it's small businesses (that are licensed) that cannot afford to put them on. The...