FEDERAL OPPOSITION

Policy & Regulation

The Institute of Public Accountants has put its support behind the Government’s reintroduction of the superannuation guarantee amnesty bill....

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Policy & Regulation

The Australian Labor Party has spread the focus on financial services across three members of its Shadow Cabinet team....

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Financial planning

Financial advisers have expressed concern and anger at product manufacturers who have written to advice clients informing them how to switch off grandfathered commissions...

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Financial planning

The Federal Opposition has signalled it has little or no sympathy for advisers who have purchased books of trailing commissions and believes such people have failed to do...

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Policy & Regulation

Nearly 90 per cent of investors responding to a survey believe the Federal Opposition’s proposed removal of refundable franking credits will reduce their quality of life....

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Superannuation

Treating self-managed superannuation funds differently to industry funds with respect to franking credits is un-Australian, according to financial services academic, Prof...

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Policy & Regulation

New research commissioned by building industry group, Master Builders Australia has pointed to significant economic damage resulting from the Federal Opposition’s policie...

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Policy & Regulation

The Federal Opposition has taken a calculated risk with its proposed changes to dividend imputation, according to key industry superannuation fund spokespeople....

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Superannuation

The Federal Opposition has confirmed its intention to oppose or amend the Government’s key superannuation legislation changes meaning governance and choice issues will be...

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Superannuation

The Government will struggle to get its First Home Owners Super Savers scheme through the Parliament with the Federal Opposition declaring it will oppose the Budget init...

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Financial planning

A Royal Commission will trump any Productivity Commission scrutiny of vertical integration in the financial services sector, according to Federal Opposition leader, Bill ...

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Funds management

The Federal Opposition has used ASIC’s BBSWR action against NAB to renew calls for a Royal Commission into the banking and financial services industry....

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Financial planning

Calls to change negative gearing provisions were not based on rigorous economic modelling and should not be done without a comprehensive tax review. ...

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Policy & Regulation

The Federal opposition is consulting with stakeholders and experts to ensure Budget proposal changes do not negatively impact people on lower incomes. ...

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Superannuation

Labor Financial Services spokesman, Jim Chalmers, says Governments should not try to favour particular super sectors....

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Ralph

How did the licensee not check this - they should be held to task over it. Obviously they are not making sure their sta...

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JOHN GILLIES

Faking exams and falsifying results..... Too stupid to comment on JG...

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PETER JOHNSTON- AIOFP

Must agree to disagree with you on this one Keith, with the Banks/Institutions largely out of advice now is the time to ...

16 hours 49 minutes ago

AustralianSuper and Australian Retirement Trust have posted the financial results for the 2022–23 financial year for their combined 5.3 million members....

9 months 2 weeks ago

A $34 billion fund has come out on top with a 13.3 per cent return in the last 12 months, beating out mega funds like Australian Retirement Trust and Aware Super. ...

9 months 1 week ago

The verdict in the class action case against AMP Financial Planning has been delivered in the Federal Court by Justice Moshinsky....

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