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If a product receives a glowing review by a research house and subsequently fails, should the research house be partly responsible? The Parliamentary Joint Committee rece...
Superannuation
The Industry Super Network has attacked CPA research linking superannuation and household debt....
Editorial
The Federal Treasurer, Chris Bowen, made a very good point when addressing the recent Financial Services Council annual conference: in 1996 the then Federal Opposition pr...
Financial planning
Grandfathering will remain under a Coalition Government unless the client decides otherwise....
Financial planning
There will be no quick fix to the grandfathering issue and the movement of planners between licensees because any possible post-election scenario could take several month...
Editorial
The Association of Financial Advisers was right to open talks with Treasury officials around the status of grandfathering when planners move between one licensee and anot...
Financial planning
The FOFA legislation once heralded was a long time coming – and with its implementation date has also arrived a raft of questions as to how parts of the legislation will ...
Policy & Regulation
Draft legislation will exempt offshore managers if they engaged with local intermediary. ...
Superannuation
Federal Treasurer claims a Coalition Government will never deliver on a 12 per cent super guarantee....
Financial planning
Planning companies willing to acquire licences may be able to secure grandfathering arrangements. ...
Financial planning
Planners are already changing their commercial decisions on business acquisitions because of grandfathering issues. ...
Financial planning
The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has criticised the Tax Practitioners Board (TPB) for its lack of understanding of the financial advice industry structure, highli...
Financial planning
The AFA is working with Treasury to prevent the loss of grandfathering on existing clients when advisers change licensees. ...
Policy & Regulation
Australian financial services institutions have received some breathing space with regards to the implementation of FOFA and Stronger Super as the US announces a six-mont...
Editorial
Financial planners may have won something of a victory in terms of TASA implementation, but the Financial Services Council’s Cecilia Storniolo writes that those impacted ...
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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...