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SPAA patron, Sir Anthony Mason calls for an end to denigration and a uniting of the various sections of the financial services industry....

Financial planning

In the lead up to the introduction of a public financial adviser register the Australian Bankers’ Association has said it will increase transparency, protection, and conf...

Superannuation

The FSC has urged the Government to review the targeting of the age pension, suggesting current settings are too generous....

Superannuation

The FSC has bluntly challenged Treasury’s claims on the cost of superannuation tax concessions....

Financial planning

The FPA has renewed its call for the Government to make up-front advice fees tax deductible and has urged the Budget impact be assessed by the Productivity Commission....

Financial planning

Actuaries claim many Austrlaian retirees are living too frugally and barriers impeding appropriate retirement products have to be removed....

Funds management

The Council of Financial Regulators is set to conduct its second review of competition in the clearing of Australian cash equities in three years....

Superannuation

ISA’s Whiteley claims the existing default funds regime is a safety net sanctioned by three inquiries, including FSI....

Accounting

Accountants moving to become licensed have been given a generous run but are failing in high numbers when applying for a licence according to a former ASIC licensing spec...

Superannuation

For some financial planners industry superannuation funds are just another product option while for others they represent an unfair playing field and an attack on the adv...

Funds management

Super funds argue that infrastructure investment can help underpin their funding of post-retirement income products....

Editorial

As the financial planning industry proceeds further into 2015 it must accept little or no further change to FOFA but a range of new debates and opportunities....

Editorial

The immediate past chairman of the Financial Planning Association, Matthew Rowe, sees considerable significance in the findings of the Joint Parliamentary Committee which...

Financial planning

FPA backs FSI recommendation that ASIC be given product intervention powers. ...

Superannuation

The Productivity Commission has signalled it won’t be traversing the default funds issue in its review of the Australian Workplace Relations Framework....

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