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Financial planning

The Coalition would immediately replace the "closed-shop, anti-competitive" selection of default funds under modern awards with an "open, transparent and competitive proc...

Financial planning

The Coalition would immediately replace the "closed-shop, anti-competitive" selection of default funds under modern awards with an "open, transparent and competitive proc...

Financial planning

Scaled financial advice is a promising offering receiving a big push from the Government and industry regulators. However, lingering uncertainties are preventing the serv...

Policy & Regulation

The Federal Opposition claims the FOFA bills have never been subject to appropriate best-practice measures....

Policy & Regulation

The finance industry has found itself in a similar situation to the financial planning industry around the Government's handling of new legislation....

Superannuation

David Court brings us up to date with the excess contributions tax and outlines some of the potential problems related to the Government's recent changes to the ECT....

Superannuation

Cavendish Superannuation says recent changes mean it is time for SMSF trustees to review their pension options....

Superannuation

Rather than embracing Australian Greens policy, the Government has been urged to focus on superannuation policy anomalies....

Superannuation

The Federal Government needs to consider what impact any changes to Australia's superannuation regime will have on various sectors of the community, according to Institut...

Editorial

The recent announcement by Federal Treasurer Wayne Swan that he had convened a Superannuation Roundtable seems to thoroughly misunderstand the consequences that go with c...

Editorial

Although the process involving the upcoming FOFA reforms commenced a few years ago, the reforms package still looks like an unsolved jigsaw puzzle, writes Pam Roberts....

Policy & Regulation

The Coalition remains hopeful the PJC can deliver a bipartisan report on the FOFA bills, but stands ready to issue a dissenting report and to pursue amendments, particula...

Financial planning

To escape the "sovereign debt trap", highly indebted nations must implement financial repression policies to erode the real value of their national debt, says Standard Li...

Financial planning

To escape the "sovereign debt trap", highly indebted nations must implement financial repression policies to erode the real value of their national debt, says Standard Li...

Editorial

It became apparent during the Parliamentary Joint Committee hearings held to review the Future of Financial Advice (FOFA) bills that the legislation requires significant ...

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

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

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The RBA has handed down its much-anticipated rate decision, following widespread expectations of a close call....

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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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