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Editorial

The Government’s amendments to the FOFA legislation seemed capable of creating some loopholes around commissions but, as Mike Taylor writes, the major planning organisati...

Financial planning

Macquarie Specialist Investments has launched a new Significant Investor Visa-focused product....

Life/Risk

New MetLife/FSC research reveals that tax incentives similar to those applied to health insurance could help bridge Australia’s under-insurance gap....

Financial planning

The president of the Fair Work Commission has rebuffed FSC calls to cease its review of default funds under modern awards....

Policy & Regulation

The AFA has moved to enter the FOFA pause consultations with an analysis designed to counter a “rolling campaign of fiction and misrepresentation”....

Superannuation

The superannuation industry is littered with small and medium-sized funds, making the market significantly fragmented and cost inefficient, according to custodian J.P Mor...

Superannuation

SPAA welcomes Federal Government decision to amend how best interest duty works as part of FOFA reforms....

Financial planning

Australia’s longevity challenge can be addressed by removing the barriers to keeping people working....

Policy & Regulation

Finance Minister, Senator Mathias Cormann pauses FOFA process for consultations...

Superannuation

AIST chief Tom Garcia says not-for-profit superannuation funds need to promote their brands to survive....

Policy & Regulation

Cormann signals FOFA reform fight....

Editorial

Despite strong performance from equity markets in Australia this year and improving economic data globally, uneasiness about risk persists. David Redford-Bell looks at ho...

Editorial

Mike Taylor writes that Government Senators are sending plenty of messages about impending changes aimed at opening up the default funds under modern awards regime. ...

Policy & Regulation

Several financial services industry bodies throw support behind FOFA amendments tabled in Parliament yesterday. ...

Policy & Regulation

The FSC has obtained legal advice from a Senior Counsel confirming the Government’s FOFA changes will not undermine client best interest or consumer protections....

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