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An almost inevitable consequence of the Commonwealth Bank's acquisition of Count Financial is that some of Count's financial planners have signalled they feel uncomfortab...
Financial planning
A proposal to introduce a registration requirement for accountants who audit SMSFs could reduce not just the number of auditors performing a small number of audits each y...
Accounting
After months of negotiations, the Federal Government is likely to replace the so-called 'accountant's exemption' with a limited, non-product licensing regime....
Financial planning
A proposal to introduce a registration requirement for accountants who audit SMSFs could reduce not just the number of auditors performing a small number of audits each y...
Financial planning
The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has warned of the hypocrisy of allowing superannuation funds to bundle scaled financial advice costs into an over-arching adminis...
Financial planning
The Institute of Public Accountants is calling for the Government to enable small businesses to clawback revenue losses against a previous year's income....
Policy & Regulation
The Opposition is demanding the Government reveal the costs and benefits of its FOFA legislation....
Financial planning
The Financial Planning Association (FPA) and Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) question the validity of research commissioned by a party with a vested interest....
Editorial
Mike Taylor reports that the likelihood of a bipartisan report and meaningful amendments emerging from the Parliamentary Joint Committee reviewing the FOFA bills is becom...
Editorial
Many Australians take a 'she’ll be right' attitude to the risks they may face during their lifetime, but in doing so they run the risk of paying a very high price should ...
Financial planning
The Financial Planning Association (FPA) and Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) question the validity of research commissioned by a party with a vested interest....
Superannuation
Colonial First State has warned that a section of the MySuper bill, as currently drafted, actually mandates 'flipping' to higher cost super arrangements....
Policy & Regulation
Senator Mathias Cormann has renewed his call for the Government to "break its silence" and rule out any further increases on superannuation....
Financial planning
SPAA rejects Greens' superannuation policy as outdated and likely to penalise those saving for retirement....
Superannuation
Mercer has expressed concern that the Government has adopted a tranche approach to its Stronger Super legislation....
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So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...
Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...
Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...