FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
Financial planning
Planners still required to provide FDS until FOFA amendments become law....
Financial planning
The release of draft amendments to FOFA have been welcomed but representative bodies still to pick through the details...
Financial planning
The Federal Government has released draft FOFA amendments which it will introduce by regulation wherever possible...
Financial planning
Planners unsure about FDS provision ahead of month-end deadline ...
Financial planning
The ICAA believes the Abbott Government’s first budget will more likely focus on spending cuts than tax breaks....
Superannuation
Challenger has taken a further step into the SMSF sector via an agreement to acquire Bendzulla Actuarial. ...
Policy & Regulation
IPA claims rules on employee share schemes are stifling innovation....
Superannuation
Changes to FOFA highlight the need for specialist SMSF advice, according to SPAA....
Editorial
Grandfathering – specifically the transition of pre-existing commission-based advice fees into the new FOFA arrangements – was an industry football that kept getting kick...
Policy & Regulation
Federal Government set to deliver pre-election promises with raft of proposed FOFA amendments including grandfathering and opt-in changes....
Financial planning
Uncertainty around the taxation of trusts is hampering small business and needs to be resolved by the Federal Government...
Superannuation
A new survey has revealed narrow majority support for making super funds subject to the same rules as publicly-listed companies....
Superannuation
MySuper model should have covered post-retirement goals instead of lump sum accumulation only....
Financial planning
Sinodinos signals the Government’s approach to FOFA will be made public before Christmas....
Editorial
Nobody should be surprised by research released by major insurer TAL suggesting that people are more inclined to resort to the internet and search engines as a primary so...
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The succession dilemma is more than just a matter of commitments.This isn’t simply about younger vs. older advisers. It’...
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It's not licensees not putting them on, it's small businesses (that are licensed) that cannot afford to put them on. The...