GOVERNMENT AND REGULATION

Policy & Regulation

The Federal Government has released a new consultation paper on modernising the taxation of family trusts and declared it is not looking at taxing trusts as companies....

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Financial planning

Despite ongoing lobbying by financial planners, there exists no certainty that key independents Rob Oakeshott and Andrew Wilkie will support key FOFA amendments....

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Financial planning

The Government has released a discussion paper to consult with industry on the regulations around over-the-counter derivatives....

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Superannuation

Opposition leader Tony Abbott has restated his party's opposition to an increase in the superannuation guarantee but said it would not rescind an increase if it was passe...

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Policy & Regulation

The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has raised concerns about Treasury's admission that its failure to conduct a regulatory impact analysis on the Future of Financia...

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Financial planning

The Assistant Treasurer and Minister for Financial Services, Bill Shorten, says the Financial Planning Association has been the most influential financial planning body i...

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Editorial

When the chief executive of the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA), Pauline Vamos, last week issued a release clearly aimed at countering adverse rep...

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Editorial

Australian investors seem certain to close out the year with their allocations set to conservative and with half an eye on a struggling Europe, but as Mike Taylor reports...

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Financial planning

While the proposed Future of Financial Advice changes and their potential impact on financial advisers remain the hot topic, there is another acronym - TOFA - which deser...

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Financial planning

Assistant Treasurer Bill Shorten has signalled the Government may moderate its approach to annual fee disclosure statements....

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Financial planning

<b>Updated:</b> The Financial Planning Association has pointed to a future in which there are no Australian Securities and Investments Commission bannings of professional...

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Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has cancelled the Australian financial services licences of Adelaide business Mark Power Financial and Mark Ra...

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Financial planning

The Industry Funds Forum (IFF) and Cuscal have moved to expand their IFF eRollover Hub to include Russell Investments as the first non-industry superannuation fund to joi...

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Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has obtained interim orders in the Federal Court in Adelaide against Australian AFT Finance Market....

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Superannuation

Accountants handling SMSFs will be able to cover off licensing via arrangement with MLC and AXA....

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ASIC has suspended the Australian Financial Services Licence of a Melbourne-based financial advice firm....

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ASIC has released the results of its first adviser exam to be held in 2025, with 241 candidates attempting the test....

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