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Financial advice in 2030: What does it look like?

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 9 APR 2019
If every one of the recommendations to come out of the Royal Commission and the Productivity Commission was implemented verbatim, by 2030 the financial advice industry would look very different. WealthDigital predicts Australia's financial advice ...

Protecting Your Super Package will cross finish line: Treasurer

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 2 APR 2019
Federal Treasurer Josh Frydenberg outlined in the Budget that part of the Protecting Your Super Package has been delayed but flagged it will pass into law before the end of 2019. A new law to enable superannuation fund members with a balance less than ...

CFR, ATO report on SMSF borrowing arrangements

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 25 MAR 2019
... SMSFs. The Government has indicated it expects another report on the matter in three years' time. The Productivity Commission recently reported LRBAs do not "currently pose a material systemic risk" but "active monitoring is warranted to ensure that ...

Barefoot Investor boosts Rest indexed options demand

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAR 2019
... improving member engagement - but can only do so with the help of technology. While the Royal Commission and Productivity Commission have helped fuel members to take action with their super, it is technology that will help make a difference, she added. ...

Industry fund executive takes new role

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAR 2019
... ATO. "The last few years have seen an unprecedented pace of legislative and regulatory change, and the Productivity Commission and Royal Commission final reports look set to increase that pace even further," Rowe said. "Our members' best interests are ...

Benchmark APRA against global counterparts: Treasury

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2019
... APRA starting in 2019. This came on the back of recommendations made by both the Royal Commission and the Productivity Commission. The first APRA capability review has now commenced, with a three-person panel appointed by Federal Treasurer Josh Frydenberg. ...

Rejuvenated APRA asserts authority

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAR 2019
... experience in supervising the industry, but also reflecting issues highlighted by both the Royal Commission and Productivity Commission," she said. RSEs can expect to lift their game in areas like board capability, fiduciary culture and adequately addressing ...

Mortgage broker trail commissions to stay

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAR 2019
... the best interest of the consumers. Other changes the Coalition plans to introduce in three years are Productivity Commission recommendations, including a new requirement that the value of upfront commissions be linked to the amount drawn down by borrowers ...

Rice Warner predicts super fee-hike

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAR 2019
Rice Warner is predicting Productivity Commission recommendations aimed to curb the number of individual superannuation accounts will impact super funds to the tune of $350 million. The researcher believes the number of superannuation accounts in Australia ...

Rainmaker welcomes new head of superannuation research

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAR 2019
... executive director, research and compliance Alex Dunnin said recent reports from the Royal Commission and Productivity Commission, combined with expanded product sets following new market entrants and new types of products being launched, "create a need ...