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The Government has ensured financial planners will have a voice at its latest superannuation roundtable....
Financial planning
The Corporate Superannuation Specialists Association has cited research backing its concerns around the provision of financial advice in MySuper funds....
Superannuation
The Federal Opposition says the Productivity Commission's review of default funds under modern awards need not take all year and that the MySuper legislation should be am...
Superannuation
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia urges changes to the MySuper regime, warning existing proposals may prompt trustees to pursue short-term outcomes....
Policy & Regulation
The Financial Services Council has urged an appropriate transition for FOFA, warning that compliance costs will run into the millions....
Financial planning
In an effort to meet the Federal Government's short-form product disclosure statement (PDS) reforms, MLC has released simpler short-form documents for three of its leadin...
Financial planning
In an effort to meet the Federal Government's short-form product disclosure statement (PDS) reforms, MLC has released simpler short-form documents for three of its leadin...
Policy & Regulation
The National Insurance Brokers Association has warned of unnecessary fall-out from FOFA's 'one size fits all' approach....
Policy & Regulation
The FPA has warned the Parliamentary Joint Committee the FOFA bills, as drafted, will fail to meet the objectives of better and more accessible financial advice....
Policy & Regulation
ANZ urges the Government to reconsider its FOFA timetable and an alignment with MySuper....
Superannuation
The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Australia superannuation expert Liz Westover has warned that with the amount of change occurring within financial services, ther...
Superannuation
While Industry Super Network has made considerable gains against the financial planning industry in its campaign against commissions there remains increasing concerns abo...
Editorial
The political clock is ticking and, as Mike Taylor writes, global economic reality may overtake the Government’s policy agenda before it can deliver proof of a Budget sur...
Policy & Regulation
The Federal Government has released a new consultation paper on modernising the taxation of family trusts and declared it is not looking at taxing trusts as companies....
Policy & Regulation
Industry leaders believe the degree of complexity the Federal Government has injected in to the FOFA legislation means it may not be possible to implement by July 1 next ...
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Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...
Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...