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Unemployment is forecast to reach 3.75% in the September quarter of 2022, the lowest since 1974, with the Government signalling rising wages as the ticket out of inflatio...
Financial planning
ACSI is pleased to see the Senate block reforms to proxy advice saying the system had already been working well to deliver quality advice that supports investors and mill...
Financial planning
Extending the Compensation Scheme of Last Resort to wholesale investors could open up ‘gaming’ of the system by those who could afford court costs, according to the Stock...
Financial planning
The cost to sit the financial adviser exam will be higher than initial estimates as it moves to being run by the corporate regulator and any Standard 3 amendment responsi...
Superannuation
The Government has introduced a bill that aims to improve equity in the superannuation system, allow a larger amount of super to be removed for a first home deposit, and ...
Financial planning
There needs to be a better recognition of previous study undertaken by financial planners, and in particular continuing professional development studies, according to the...
Policy & Regulation
While the other regulators grew their staff numbers, the Budget papers point to a net loss for ASIC. ...
Financial planning
Financial advisers distrust the Australian Financial Complaints Authority because it is perceived to have ‘coached’ complainants and Treasury is being urged to investigat...
Financial planning
Senator Jane Hume announced the FSC Life Insurance Summit that Treasury will assume control, merging it with the quality of advice review....
Financial planning
The Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority has signaled to a Parliamentary Committee that further adjustments to the adviser code of ethics was possible beyond ...
Financial planning
Although the removal of the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority is a huge victory for many in the industry who spent the last few years fighting for reform, ...
Financial planning
Mike Taylor writes that few people genuinely argued with the objectives set out for the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority but they did argue with the autho...
People & Products
The former NSW Premier will replace Will Hodgman who will step down as inaugural chair of the Australian Business Growth Fund chair....
Financial planning
West Australian Liberal Senator, Mathias Cormann is to retire from politics later this year, meaning the financial services industry will lose a minister with a deep unde...
Funds management
The difficulty of liquidating cash portfolios during the pandemic has highlighted the changing outlook for cash, according to IFM Investors who are suggesting investors c...
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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...
So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...