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Financial planning

The Federal Government has committed to a timetable to ending grandfathering and to entertaining life/risk commissions being further reduced....

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Superannuation

While Australia’s agriculture business is a major economic contributor, there’s a lack of superannuation investment in the sector. ...

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Financial planning

The Federal Government has initiated a consultation period around a new policy paper which would see consumers approaching retirement provided with standard fact sheets c...

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Financial planning

The Government has requested the Board of Taxation review the tax treatment of granny flat arrangements. ...

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The Morrison Government has reappointed Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) chair, Wayne Byres, for five more years....

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Policy & Regulation

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has issued a warning as credit representatives appear to be lagging on their obligations to join the Australian Finan...

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Financial planning

Industry Super Australia has accused the Government of caving into the retail banks and the wealth management sector in allowing ‘carve-outs’ from the design and distribu...

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Financial planning

Victims of Financial Fraud has written to Treasurer Josh Frydenberg to remind him how vehemently the party objected to holding a Banking Royal Commission. ...

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Policy & Regulation

The Federal Treasurer has reinforced that he wants the Australian Securities and Investments Commission to take a tougher approach in pursuing litigation rather than nego...

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Policy & Regulation

The Federal Government is moving to introduce legislation which will have the effect of doubling the criminal and civil penalties which can be imposed against both corpor...

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Policy & Regulation

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission is arguing that giving it product sales training intervention powers may reduce the need for it to take extreme actio...

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Financial planning

The Financial Planning Association has suggested risk rating financial products to better target consumer protections....

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Policy & Regulation

Financial services licensees rather than individual planners are facing the most change likely to result from the preliminary findings of the Royal Commission into Miscon...

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Life/Risk

New research has found that government-mandated insurance disclosure doesn’t help people make better purchasing decisions when it comes to insurance....

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Policy & Regulation

Most financial planning businesses will be eligible for a $20,000 instant asset write-off as part of legislation which passed the Senate on Wednesday....

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More than 20 winners from the funds management industry have been crowned at this year’s awards....

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