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New legislation governing how superannuation fund trustees may borrow under a limited recourse borrowing arrangement has left a number of questions unanswered, says Bryce...
Editorial
As the Federal Treasury works to find common ground on financial services reform, Mike Taylor suggests that an examination of those being consulted raises as many questio...
Financial planning
The high cost of advice, driven up by regulatory barriers, is the main reason Australians are not seeking advice, according to Financial Planning Association chief execut...
Financial planning
Speculation has emerged about the Federal Government’s regulation of product design within the reverse mortgage sector....
Superannuation
The National Institute of Accountants (NIA) has called on the Government to explain its so-called contradicting comments regarding self-managed superannuation funds (SMSF...
Policy & Regulation
Treasury will begin targeted consultations on the implementation details of the Labor Government’s Future of Financial Advice reforms tomorrow, with a particular fo...
Policy & Regulation
The FPA and the Association AFA are confident that the industry has the ear of Treasury as the consultation around the Future of Financial Advice reforms has resumed....
Financial planning
Some of the proposed reforms are either unnecessary or incomplete and will not fix the core issues facing the financial services industry, according to the Boutique of Fi...
Financial planning
With the issue of the nation's Government seemingly settled for now, FoFA reforms and Cooper Review recommendations will likely go ahead en masse, according to according ...
Financial planning
There is not enough detail about the annual opt in reform to take a stand for or against it, although it may be appropriate for ‘inactive’ clients, according ...
Financial planning
The Association of Financial Advisers is pushing ahead with a lobby group aimed at defining the ‘nuances’ of proposed regulatory reforms to the advice industr...
Editorial
Treasury Group reported a consolidated profit after tax of $11.68 million for the last financial year, up 136 per cent, while normalised net profit after tax was $10.19 m...
Financial planning
According to the chair of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services, Bernie Ripoll, it is unlikely the Government will move to make financi...
Financial planning
Financial planning industry bodies must be careful taking sides during the election campaign - but at the same time they must continue stating their positions, writes Mik...
Financial planning
Professional Investment Holdings' subsidiary company, Associated Advisory Practices, is growing not only in scale, but also in influence among the independent advisory fo...
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Podcast
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...