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....
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....
Financial planning
The Government has released a discussion paper to consult with industry on the regulations around over-the-counter derivatives....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Financial planning
Assistant Treasurer Bill Shorten has signalled the Government may moderate its approach to annual fee disclosure statements....
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...
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...
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...
Financial planning
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has obtained interim orders in the Federal Court in Adelaide against Australian AFT Finance Market....
Superannuation
Accountants handling SMSFs will be able to cover off licensing via arrangement with MLC and AXA....
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The succession dilemma is more than just a matter of commitments.This isn’t simply about younger vs. older advisers. It’...
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...