FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

Editorial

The Investment and Financial Services Association’s (IFSA) sponsorship of research by KPMG and Econotech that defines the value of financial advice was both necessary and...

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Editorial

Trustees should be free to make investment decisions without regulatory influences that create artificial markets for certain classes, writes Pauline Vamos....

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Editorial

Hit hard by the global financial crisis, the value of infrastructure in portfolios is being questioned by investors, writes Amal Awad....

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Superannuation

Chris Bowen has announced that SMSFs will not be exempt from the changes stemming from the Henry and Cooper reviews....

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Financial planning

A reluctance to commit to infrastructure investment may prompt the Federal Government to look to alternatives such as bonds to fund future projects....

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Policy & Regulation

Research commissioned by ASFA sends a strong warning to the Federal Government not to dip further into the superannuation pool, while also pointing to a lack of confidenc...

Financial planning

Australians using more cash in face of economic adversity....

Financial planning

Platforms and wraps have become such an integral part of the financial planning revenue equation that any changes to the regulatory environment are likely to be felt up a...

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Financial planning

The chairman of the Federal Government inquiry into superannuation, Jeremy Cooper, has raised the prospect of the government operating a national super default fund....

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Financial planning

The Federal Government has improved the death and invalidity benefits of the Military Superannuation and Benefits Scheme (MSBS)....

Financial planning

The Law Council of Australia is calling on the Federal Government to address judges’ pension laws, which it says has the potential to discriminate against the former spou...

Editorial

The global financial crisis has dampened Australians’ ardour for lump sum superannuation payouts, with the result that a rash of new pension products are coming to market...

Life/Risk

The Federal Government has taken the unusual step of activating the insurance compensation scheme used to handle claims against companies that become insolvent....

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Editorial

Will the policy tide turn against commissions? Michael Mathieson considers the future prospects for remuneration in the industry....

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Financial planning

The Minister for Financial Services, Chris Bowen, has reinforced the Government's intention to establish Sydney as a regional financial services hub....

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So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

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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 ...

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

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