FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

Policy & Regulation

Self-Managed Superannuation Funds should be exempted from the Government’s new design and distribution regime because they are not like other financial products, accordin...

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Financial planning

There has been no shortage of consumers and small businesses looking to file legacy complaints with the Australian Financial Complaints Authority, with data suggesting le...

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People & Products

Smooth Retirement and Pension Boost have partnered to help retirees access home equity to improve lifestyles....

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Financial planning

Financial advisers looking for certainty around the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority exam timetable are faced with the reality that Parliament is fast run...

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Policy & Regulation

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has revealed the degree to which grandfathering will come to an end without the Government having been fully apprised...

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Policy & Regulation

Financial planning organisations are seeking clarity from the Government on how its proposed new central disciplinary body for financial advisers will work and how much i...

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Financial planning

Financial services entities providing grandfathered remuneration to licensees and advisers will be scrutinised by the Australian Securities and Investments as they move t...

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Policy & Regulation

The proposed new single disciplinary system for financial advisers requires further discussion, according to the Financial Services Council....

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Superannuation

The new law does not remove the incentive for advisers to recommend poorly performing and expensive products....

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Policy & Regulation

The Financial Planning Association has urged the Federal Government to go further in ensuring that people are not inadvertently disadvantaged by lifting the Age Pension a...

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Financial planning

The Federal Government has been warned that its loosely-framed legislation risks forcing clients into worse situations when grandfathering ends....

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Financial planning

The Federal Government is set to introduce legislation locking in a 1 January, 2021, date for the end to grandfathered commissions....

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Superannuation

The NSW Police Force has pointed out to the Federal Government that its proposed changes to insurance inside superannuation risks damaging the insurance arrangements prot...

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Superannuation

Industry Super Australia has claimed superannuation fund members could be more than $416 billion better off if the Government implements automatic rollovers rather than l...

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Policy & Regulation

If the Government applied the same logic to life/risk and grandfathered commissions as it did to refundable franking credits during the election, then it would be support...

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