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Accounting

The Minister for Superannuation and Corporate Law, Senator Nick Sherry, canvasses a level-playing field when it comes to licensing accountants and financial planners....

Financial planning

The Federal Government has enforced a wall of confidentiality around the development of the intra-fund advice policy to be applied to super funds, provoking anger among t...

Financial planning

Financial services firms are seeking advice on their litigation exposure pending potential changes to existing employee share scheme arrangements....

Financial planning

FPA says changes will result in increased costs for consumers, NIBA welcomes limits to compensation payouts....

Financial planning

Investors in retail fund products should be given the right to turn off a trail payment if they feel they are not receiving any service from their nominated adviser, acco...

Superannuation

Government 'chopping and changing' on superannuation....

Financial planning

Watson Wyatt managing director Andrew Boal warns that some of the tinkering with superannuation might ultimately place greater pressure on the age pension....

Superannuation

While the benefits of the popular Transition to Retirement strategy have been reduced as a result of changes to concessional contribution limits announced in last night's...

Financial planning

Changes to salary sacrifice and co-contribution arrangements to provide $4.2 billion in savings, with Wayne Swan winding back some of the Howard Government's 'better supe...

Superannuation

Self-funded retirees have been given a minor boost in the Budget with the Government carrying over the minimum pension draw-down relief afforded to this group over the la...

Financial planning

The response to Wayne Swan's 2009 Federal Budget has been mixed, with various financial services bodies choosing to view the super changes in different lights, ranging fr...

Financial planning

The regulator will receive more than $81 million over four years in an effort to boost its 'front line' monitoring and enforcement activities in light of the current econ...

Financial planning

Another quarter of negative returns means some pensioners are having to contemplate a return to the workforce, according to new research by Chant West....

Funds management

Many direct property managers blame the government guarantee for the negative impact on their businesses, and will now change the way they market themselves to investors ...

Financial planning

The Corporations Legislation Amendment Bill will include requirements for all retail debentures and promissory notes to have a trust deed, trustee arrangements and a full...

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So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

5 months ago

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

5 months 1 week ago

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

7 months 1 week ago

The FSCP has issued a written direction to an adviser who charged clients “extraordinary fees” for inappropriate and conflicted advice, as well as encouraged them to swit...

1 week 5 days ago

ASIC has cancelled the AFSL of an advice firm associated with Shield and First Guardian collapses, and permanently banned its responsible manager. ...

3 weeks 1 day ago

ASIC has confirmed the industry funding levy for the 2024–25 financial year, and how much licensees can expect to pay....

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