JANE HUME
Superannuation
Legislation will be introduced next year to allow trustees to voluntarily transfer any amount of inactive low balance accounts to the tax office, spelling the beginning o...
Financial planning
Advisers with more than 20 years of experience are likely to be the most dissatisfied with the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority regime....
Superannuation
The Government has moved to dilute what it sees as dominant industry voices by moving to put in place a consumer advocacy body for superannuation....
Financial planning
A Money Management survey has revealed a significant vote of no confidence in the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority and a desire for ministerial interventi...
Financial planning
The Assistant Minister for Superannuation, Financial Services and Financial Technology has received a written request for a delay in the implementation of the Financial A...
Superannuation
Senator Jane Hume has sought to dispel myths and excuses trustees have used to avoid merging....
Financial planning
Financial advisers looking for certainty around the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority exam timetable are faced with the reality that Parliament is fast run...
Superannuation
Despite the misgivings of some in the superannuation industry, the Assistant Minister for Superannuation, Financial Services and Financial Technology, Senator Jane Hume, ...
Expert Analysis
Senator Jane Hume may have spoken about changes to superannuation but, based on previous experience, writes Graeme Colley, it may be a while until they come to fruition....
Financial planning
Advisers would do well to assume worst-case scenario outcomes when it comes to extending the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority deadlines, according to weal...
Financial planning
Lobbying by financial advisers has revealed that at least some Federal Labor parliamentarians are sympathetic to allowing passage of the legislation necessary to deliver ...
Superannuation
Senator Jane Hume has announced an extension of legislation to establish a one-off amnesty for the historical underpayment of super guarantee. ...
Policy & Regulation
The Federal Government has tabled exposure draft legislation which would give the Australian Securities and Investments Commission phone tapping and search warrant powers...
Policy & Regulation
Financial planning organisations are seeking clarity from the Government on how its proposed new central disciplinary body for financial advisers will work and how much i...
Features
Advisers might not be looking forward to fulfilling the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority education requirements, but just like financial planning itself, ...
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It's not licensees not putting them on, it's small businesses (that are licensed) that cannot afford to put them on. The...