LEGISLATION

Life/Risk

A key Senate Committee has been told that the Government’s new Design and Distribution Obligations and Product Intervention powers risk putting advisers in conflict with ...

Policy & Regulation

The Federal Government is moving to introduce legislation which will have the effect of doubling the criminal and civil penalties which can be imposed against both corpor...

Superannuation

Industry Super Australia is urging the Government to legislate to compel employers to pay the superannuation guarantee at the same time they pay wages to overcome continu...

Funds management

DomaCom has said it is pleased with the revised managed investment trust legislation which has removed a residential property prohibition....

Policy & Regulation

The Federal Government has released draft legislation allowing the Australian Securities and Investments Commission to recoup its costs from industry at the rate of $175....

Superannuation

Minister for Revenue and Financial Services, Kelly O’Dwyer, has announced that the Government will make legislative changes to grant victims of serious crimes access to p...

Policy & Regulation

The major backers of establishing an Australian Financial Complaints Authority have welcomed passage of the necessary legislation through the Parliament....

Funds management

CommBank has said proposed changes to New Zealand legislation hybrid capital securities will not impact PERLS distributions....

Policy & Regulation

General industry resistance to the inclusion of the Superannuation Complaints Tribunal in the proposed new Australian Financial Complaints Authority means the Government’...

Life/Risk

The Supreme Court of New South Wales has heard a case on encumbered property which was resolved against a contrary intention....

Editorial

Mike Taylor writes that when the Government introduced the ‘significance test’ to the AFSL breach reporting regime in 2003 it was seen as sensible moderation but all that...

Policy & Regulation

The Government has been warned that there are significant tax treatment shortcomings in draft legislation being contemplated to underpin the new MyRetirement regime capab...

Policy & Regulation

The Federal Government introduced the ASIC industry funding model bill into Parliament on Thursday, which would require entities to fund it rather than taxpayers....

Superannuation

Superannuation was no longer the efficient investment tool for high net worth individuals and entrepreneurs to build their wealth, according to a tax strategist....

Financial planning

The Minister for Revenue and Financial Services, Kelly O’Dwyer, has introduced the bill to mandate professional standards and education into Parliament today....

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MARKET INSIGHTS

So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

5 months ago

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

5 months ago

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

7 months 1 week ago

The FSCP has issued a written direction to an adviser who charged clients “extraordinary fees” for inappropriate and conflicted advice, as well as encouraged them to swit...

1 week 5 days ago

ASIC has cancelled the AFSL of an advice firm associated with Shield and First Guardian collapses, and permanently banned its responsible manager. ...

3 weeks 1 day ago

ASIC has confirmed the industry funding levy for the 2024–25 financial year, and how much licensees can expect to pay....

2 days 21 hours ago