FEDERAL OPPOSITION

Financial planning

The Federal Opposition has signalled it believes that the regulatory framework around superannuation fund mergers is inadequate, and that both members and the regulators ...

People & Products

The Federal Opposition leader, Tony Abbott, has recruited an economic adviser from the Industry Super Network....

Financial planning

The Federal Opposition leader, Tony Abbott, has recruited an economic adviser from the Industry Super Network....

Financial planning

Shorten urged to address excess contributions issue amid news that 65,000 were caught last financial year....

Editorial

The Assistant Treasurer, Bill Shorten, faces the prospect of some serious horse-trading in both houses of Parliament to get the financial advice 'opt in' legislation pass...

Financial planning

The Federal Opposition has declared it will be opposing a compulsory lifting of the superannuation guarantee....

Policy & Regulation

Government urged to deliver on promise of Tax Summit in 2011....

Financial planning

Opposition reacts to Government’s response to Cooper by alleging protection of union and industry fund interests....

Financial planning

Government embraces majority of Cooper recommendations as policy but faces testing time gaining Parliamentary endorsement....

Editorial

As the Federal Treasury reaches the final stages of its consultation process around the Future of Financial Advice reforms, the debate has seemed closed to the very peopl...

Financial planning

Questions have been asked about why the Australian Law Reform Commission didn’t have carriage of the Future of Financial Advice reforms....

Editorial

The Assistant Treasurer and Minister for Financial Services, Bill Shorten, has outlined some of the Government's policy agenda, including a commitment to MySuper but, as ...

Financial planning

Curbing the banks’ ability to comment on their funding costs and interest rate intentions would result in a one-sided public debate, the Australian Bankers’ A...

Superannuation

The Government embraced a modified MySuper as a central element of its election policy but, as Mike Taylor reports, there remain plenty of reasons why the concept should ...

Financial planning

Both the Government and elements of the industry are demanding the Government produce a comprehensive policy on superannuation....

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So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

5 months 3 weeks ago

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

6 months ago

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

8 months ago

The RBA has handed down its much-anticipated rate decision, following widespread expectations of a close call....

3 weeks 4 days ago

Despite the financial adviser exam being rooted in ethics, two professional year advisers believe the lack of support and transparency from the regulator around the exam ...

2 weeks 3 days ago

ASIC has banned two advisers from the same advice firm for giving clients inappropriate superannuation advice that was not in their best interests. ...

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