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Superannuation
A number of SMSF advisers surveyed by the Self-Managed Super Fund Professionals’ Association of Australia have supported a restricted licence for accountants advisi...
Financial planning
The future of the superannuation guarantee and reforms around financial planning are now in doubt as the major parties haggle over a hung Parliament....
Policy & Regulation
Financial Services Council chief executive John Brogden has argued that the Cooper Review’s MySuper proposals will be unnecessary if the FOFA changes are implemente...
Financial planning
The possibility of standardised commissions has emerged as an option as major insurers have urged the Federal Government to act cautiously and consult widely on the Coope...
Financial planning
As the election campaign heats up, the Opposition is positioning itself as the defender of the interests of small-business financial advisers amid regulatory upheaval - b...
Financial planning
Professional Investment Holdings' subsidiary company, Associated Advisory Practices, is growing not only in scale, but also in influence among the independent advisory fo...
Superannuation
The demand for specialist self-managed super fund (SMSF) accreditation has jumped dramatically in light of the Future of Financial Advice and Cooper Review reform recomme...
Editorial
The electoral cycle has overtaken the Government's agenda to change the financial planning industry and, as Mike Taylor reports, the ultimate outcome will be dictated by ...
Life/Risk
A push to ban insurance commissions in super is being driven by those who are against commissions on principle and fail to see the different nature of commissions in the ...
Financial planning
A number of the weaknesses in smaller financial planning firms are rooted in a lack of understanding of their target client base, according to practice management consult...
Financial planning
The Federal Opposition claims to have been inundated with expressions of concern from small business financial planners over the Government's Future of Financial Advice c...
Financial planning
Industry reforms may lead to changes in adviser recruitment strategies....
Financial planning
The Trust Company has changed its performance framework and staff incentive program as part of an overall business review....
Financial planning
Financial product innovation will halt as uncertainty around the Future of Financial Advice reforms persists, says Perpetual's Matt McKinnon....
Editorial
The appointment of Mark Rantall as the new FPA chief executive comes amid revelations of disagreements in the boardroom....
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Significant ethical issues there. If a relationship is in the process of breaking down then both parties are likely to b...
It's not licensees not putting them on, it's small businesses (that are licensed) that cannot afford to put them on. The...
So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...