JANE HUME
Editorial
The widespread general criticism of the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority’s latest efforts around code of conduct guidance should be the catalyst for the G...
Outsider
Outsider knows what it’s like to be treated like a mushroom. He is not unfamiliar with being kept in the dark and being fed execrable information....
Policy & Regulation
The four Australian Securities and Investments Commission commissioners were left in the dark on the expenses issues surrounding the regulator’s chairman, James Shipton, ...
Financial planning
The Government is talking about it, the regulator is talking about it and now digital advice player Six Park has released a white paper emphasising the need for an expand...
Financial planning
The deregulation minister should be present at financial services meetings to start reducing red tape and the sooner red tape has been reduced the better, according to a ...
Financial planning
The Government is looking to help condense and automate some approvals, and consents advisers need for clients to reduce costs and increase the quality of advice, accordi...
Financial planning
The Federal Budget has not done enough to address systemic weaknesses in the economy according to a super fund but the Assistant Minister for Superannuation, Financial Se...
Superannuation
Less than 24 hours out from the tabling of the Federal Budget, the Assistant Minister for Superannuation, Senator Jane Hume, has spoken of a third tranche of superannuati...
Superannuation
A pause in the superannuation guarantee at its current 9.5% is looking almost certain in next month’s Budget and no one is ruling out a further extension to hardship earl...
Financial planning
Industry superannuation funds believe they are on safe ground in providing both scaled advice and intrafund advice citing the authority of the Australian Securities and I...
Superannuation
Assistant Minister for Superannuation, Financial Services, and Financial Technology, Jane Hume needs to decide whether she will convince her colleagues to resist the “sel...
Financial planning
The financial services bodies have welcomed the extension of the FASEA exam and education standards, which now have the deadline of 1 January, 2022, and 1 January, 2026, ...
Financial planning
If the Financial Planning Association can prove its proposals for individual adviser registration will hasten the development of a profession and the separation of advice...
Policy & Regulation
The Federal Government is finalising regulations for its enhanced regulatory sandbox for fintech businesses, which will commence from the start of September. ...
Superannuation
The Government has deferred the introduction of a Retirement Income Covenant raising concerns that it is building towards far-reaching changes to the superannuation via i...
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MARKET INSIGHTS
Podcast
The succession dilemma is more than just a matter of commitments.This isn’t simply about younger vs. older advisers. It’...
Significant ethical issues there. If a relationship is in the process of breaking down then both parties are likely to b...
It's not licensees not putting them on, it's small businesses (that are licensed) that cannot afford to put them on. The...