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Editorial

Recent economic news has some predicting the Australian economy is undergoing massive change. Daryl Wilson looks at the arguments and the potential impacts on property in...

Superannuation

New APRA documentation underlines timetable issues with transition to MySuper environment....

Financial planning

A Treasury options paper looking at reforming Australia's financial market licensing regime proposes a separate licence for dark pools and public exchanges to ensure high...

Superannuation

Federal Opposition seeks declaration from Treasurer on future superannuation taxes....

Superannuation

Treasury Secretary Martin Parkinson cautions against pressing super funds too hard on infrastructure investment....

Superannuation

ASFA warns that attempts to inject more competition into capital markets may cause super funds to alter their approach to protect their liquidity positions....

Financial planning

The financial services industry has generally welcomed the Federal Government's announcement of market integrity rules covering high frequency trading and dark pools....

Financial planning

The Federal Government has moved to review the financial market licensing regime in the context of not only high frequency trading but other changes in the financial serv...

Editorial

The Government claims it has delivered on the Productivity Commission’s default fund recommendations, but Mike Taylor writes that the devil is in the detail....

Superannuation

ASFA warns that 28 days may not be long enough for SMSF auditors forced to wait for banks....

Financial planning

ASIC Chairman Greg Medcraft has announced an internal taskforce which will look at the failure of Banksia....

Editorial

Mike Taylor writes that the Productivity Commission’s final report on default funds under modern awards delivered a formula which is unlikely to survive a change of Gover...

Superannuation

The Productivity Commission has denied its final report mirrors a submission endorsed by Financial Services Minister Bill Shorten, and has pointed to key points of differ...

Superannuation

Industry bodies have taken issue with the exposure draft regulations for rollovers and contributions in submissions to Treasury that take aim at the three-day performance...

Superannuation

Institute of Chartered Accountants superannuation specialist Liz Westover has pointed to new regulations having been finalised requiring SMSF trustees to report fund asse...

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4 months 3 weeks 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 ago

Commonwealth Bank has formally dropped to zero advisers following LGT Crestone’s acquisition of its advice arm – some six years on from the Hayne royal commission. ...

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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...

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

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