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...

Grandfathering will remain under a Coalition Government unless the client decides otherwise....

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...

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...

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 ...

Draft legislation will exempt offshore managers if they engaged with local intermediary. ...

Federal Treasurer claims a Coalition Government will never deliver on a 12 per cent super guarantee....

Planning companies willing to acquire licences may be able to secure grandfathering arrangements. ...

Planners are already changing their commercial decisions on business acquisitions because of grandfathering issues. ...

The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has criticised the Tax Practitioners Board (TPB) for its lack of understanding of the financial advice industry structure, highli...

The AFA is working with Treasury to prevent the loss of grandfathering on existing clients when advisers change licensees. ...

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...

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 ...

The finance sector outlook is positive, but change will be an ongoing feature....