TREASURY
Superannuation
Is 2013 the year of election "super" promises - or has the landscape changed forever? Aaron Dunn writes....
Financial planning
A key Victorian fund, currently using Industry Funds Financial Planning, has called for tenders for the provision of financial advice....
Financial planning
With its merger with Premium Investors completed, WAM Capital has moved to terminate Premium's IM arrangement with Treasury Group....
Funds management
Property Investment Professionals of Australia (PIPA) has called for property to be regulated as a financial product under the Corporations Act....
Editorial
Apart from volatile markets and investor sentiment, this year has also seen major policy developments, new investment trends and key career and business moves. Tim Stewar...
Accounting
Superannuation body warns of implications flowing from accountants, real estate agents, mortgage brokers and lawyers around SMSFs and property....
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....
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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...