FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

Financial planning

Within days of the Government's expected release of its Stronger Super proposals it has been warned it risks creating an industry fund monopoly....

Financial planning

Amid suggestions of unintended consequences, Assistant Treasurer Bill Shorten promises amendment mechanisms but only after bills have been tabled in the Parliament....

Editorial

The Commonwealth Bank has moved to acquire Count Financial and, as Mike Taylor reports, pragmatism and the realities of the FOFA changes are the driving forces behind the...

Financial planning

The 2011 financial year brought many changes to the financial services industry, and many are yet to come. John Perri has provided a snapshot of the activity coming out o...

Policy & Regulation

The Federal Government would be likely to garner grudging (but majority) financial planning industry support for its Future of Financial Advice (FOFA) legislation if it w...

Policy & Regulation

The Federal Government has released the first tranche of its Future of Financial Advice draft legislation. Money Management would like your views on the Government’s appr...

Superannuation

SPAA gives qualified welcome to FOFA legislation but maintains pressure with respect to accountant advice....

Policy & Regulation

The Government has delivered the first draft of its FOFA legislation, confirming the two-year opt-in and a proposed ban on asset-based fees with respect to gearing....

Superannuation

Accountants urge Government to get superannuation right, and then stop tinkering....

Policy & Regulation

Australia's taxation of foreign managed funds will soon be aligned with countries including the US, the UK, Hong Kong and Singapore, as the Federal Government rolls out i...

Financial planning

ASFA has sought higher levels of deductibility with respect to own occupation TPD obtained within superannuation....

Financial planning

The Federal Government needs to start treating the Industry Super Network (ISN) and other elements of Industry Fund Services as what they really are - elements of a verti...

Superannuation

The latest data on excess contributions tax revenues reveals the Government is the only winner....

Financial planning

Industry united in sending a single message to the Government on financial services – end the uncertainty....

Financial planning

The Federal Government has released for comment its draft legislation tightening up reverse mortgages....

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MARKET INSIGHTS

So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

5 months ago

Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...

5 months 1 week ago

Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...

7 months 1 week ago

The FSCP has issued a written direction to an adviser who charged clients “extraordinary fees” for inappropriate and conflicted advice, as well as encouraged them to swit...

2 weeks ago

ASIC has cancelled the AFSL of an advice firm associated with Shield and First Guardian collapses, and permanently banned its responsible manager. ...

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ASIC has confirmed the industry funding levy for the 2024–25 financial year, and how much licensees can expect to pay....

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