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Advisers win annual renew law relief

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUN 2021
The federal government will introduce a carve out to help financial advisers to meet their ongoing fee disclosure obligations. Senator Jane Hume announced this evening that advisers will have 60 days to provide clients an estimate of fees they will ...

Court says minister has 'duty of care' in coal investment

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAY 2021
... for stronger, faster and deeper cuts to carbon emissions." Barnden also has another case afoot regarding the federal government's responsibility for climate change's possible impact on the value of Australian government bonds.

AFCA welcomes new chair

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 17 MAY 2021
... Australian Advanced Manufacturing Council, and chair of the Aged Care Workforce Strategy Taskforce for the federal government. He was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in June 2018 for his contribution to manufacturing, education and ...

Chief economist update: Bad news is good news is back

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 MAY 2021
... enhancement (which continues to September) earns above the $15/hr federal minimum wage". Voice of America says: "The federal government is continuing to make $300-a-week extra payments to the jobless into early September, on top of less generous state ...

Chief economist update: A date with the RBA in July

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAY 2021
... economy's outlook getting betterer and betterer - despite the end of the JobKeeper - the RBA, along with the Federal government - cannot be faulted for declaring its battle against the pandemic "Mission Accomplished". But unlike the Bank of Canada ...

Government merges advice reviews

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 APR 2021
The federal government will fold the 2022 Life Insurance Framework Review into the Quality of Advice Review, taking over the responsibilities from ASIC. The Quality of Advice Review will consider the LIF Review as part of its wider mandate, Minister ...

Government debt blows out 420%

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 20 APR 2021
... rankings of an index to 13 th place. According to the inaugural Janus Henderson's Sovereign Debt Index, the federal government slipped further into debt by $211 billion in 2020, ranking it the 13 th- most indebted nation in the world based on a long-term ...

Government opens consultation on key advice reforms

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 19 APR 2021
The federal government has released draft legislation outlining the function of ASIC's Financial Services and Credit Panel as the single disciplinary body for financial advisers. The government is proposing the ASIC FSCP exercise the functions of ...

ASIC extends advice relief measure

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 15 APR 2021
ASIC is extending the relief measure that allows financial advisers to provide a Record of Advice (ROA) rather than a statement of advice (SOA) until October 15. The decision to extend the relief measure came after consulting with the industry, the ...

Cairns women disadvantaged by super gender gap

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 12 APR 2021
... time out of the workforce. The Australia Institute from the Centre for Social Research and Methods found the federal government's $60 billion tax concessions are geared towards men. Negative gearing, superannuation tax concessions, capital gain tax discount ...