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The FPA received a large amount of useful feedback from members and other stakeholders when consulting on its updated professional code of conduct....
Superannuation
Treasury Secretary Martin Parkinson cautions against pressing super funds too hard on infrastructure investment....
Accounting
Financial Services Minister Bill Shorten has released draft regulations outlining a limited licence for accountants, replacing the accountants' exemption replacement regu...
Financial planning
The FPA and AFA have welcomed draft regulations that will enshrine the term 'financial planner/adviser' in law as an important consumer protection move....
Superannuation
The size of Australia's largest superannuation funds has meant they are starting to behave like financial services firms, according to JP Morgan's Benjie Fraser....
Superannuation
Only some Government concessions around default fund grandfathering may alleviate challenge confronting corporate funds and master trusts....
Superannuation
The Financial Services Council (FSC) has welcomed legislation that supports fund mergers through an exemption on capital gains tax (CGT)....
Superannuation
ASFA warns that attempts to inject more competition into capital markets may cause super funds to alter their approach to protect their liquidity positions....
Superannuation
Superannuation companies offering simpler products that require fewer decisions from members and reduce administration fees are likely to see a commercial benefit in the ...
Superannuation
ASFA expresses concern to APRA that the Government's legislative approach to MySuper fails to recognise objectives of the Cooper Review....
Financial planning
ASIC has signalled an 18-month phase-in for new rules around high frequency trading and dark pools....
Superannuation
Corporate Super Specialist Alliance warns of consequences flowing from default fund MySuper approach....
Financial planning
The best interests duty appears to have regulatory deficiencies which could be described as the elephants in the room, according to David O’Reilly....
Superannuation
The ISN has announced a new range of governance standards for super funds, but the Opposition has expressed disappointment that the need for independent directors has not...
Editorial
The Government claims it has delivered on the Productivity Commission’s default fund recommendations, but Mike Taylor writes that the devil is in the detail....
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