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Superannuation

Federal Treasurer claims a Coalition Government will never deliver on a 12 per cent super guarantee....

Superannuation

FSC urges use of Treasury inter-generational report as basis for five-year super policy settings. ...

Financial planning

ASIC chairman attributes regulatory changes impacting planners to failure of industry self-regulation....

People & Products

Schroders Australia CEO Greg Cooper has been elected chairman of the Financial Services Council (FSC)....

Life/Risk

Adviser remuneration is only one part of the equation on life/risk churn, says AFA chief executive Brad Fox....

Financial planning

The majority of chief executives in Australia believe technology plays a significant role in developing and bringing new financial products to the Asian market, according...

Financial planning

The new Federal Treasurer, Chris Bowen, will be a keynote speaker at the forthcoming Financial Services Council conference....

Policy & Regulation

Australian financial services institutions have received some breathing space with regards to the implementation of FOFA and Stronger Super as the US announces a six-mont...

Editorial

Financial planners may have won something of a victory in terms of TASA implementation, but the Financial Services Council’s Cecilia Storniolo writes that those impacted ...

Life/Risk

Some progress appears to be being made towards finding common ground on life/risk sustainability and churn....

Accounting

The Institute of Public Accountants has welcomed the Coalition’s new policy paper which re-affirms the promise to repeal some of the more controversial elements of the Fu...

Superannuation

Independent planners have been squeezed out of tendering for corporate superannuation - or so it seems for now. ...

Policy & Regulation

The Federal Opposition has confirmed it will back any move by new Treasurer, Chris Bowen, to delay the implementation of FOFA....

Policy & Regulation

FSC chief John Brogden has written to the new Labor government asking for FOFA to be extended until 1 July, 2014....

Financial planning

The Financial Services Minister, Bill Shorten, is scheduled to address the opening plenary of next month’s Financial Services Council conference in Brisbane....

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So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

4 months 2 weeks ago

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

4 months 2 weeks ago

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

6 months 3 weeks ago

Commonwealth Bank has formally dropped to zero advisers following LGT Crestone’s acquisition of its advice arm – some six years on from the Hayne royal commission. ...

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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 banned a former NSW adviser from providing advice for 10 years for investing at least $14.8 million into a cryptocurrency-based scam. ...

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