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Government tables FoFA bill in House of Reps

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 AUG 2014
The Coalition has reintroduced the amendments of the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) bill into the House of Representatives, reigniting the political debate around financial planning legislation. The government's move follows the opposition's failed ...

Govt begins long-awaited retirement income review

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUL 2014
... in line with investment market performance. The release of this discussion paper has been in the pipeline since the Coalition decided to scrap Labor's plan to reform the tax regime for DLAs. At the time the Coalition said it wanted to approach the issue ...

Labor, Greens will "keep fighting" after FoFA backflip

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUL 2014
... altering the government's FoFA changes, it would need a majority in the Senate. However, PUP and Muir's support of the Coalition during yesterday's vote means that the opposition would have to convince fringe party senators to change their position again. ...

Deal with government brings in consumer protection: Palmer

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2014
The Coalition's deal with the Palmer United Party (PUP) to retain the amendments to the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) legislation will provide a guarantee of consumer protection, MP Clive Palmer has said. Speaking to journalists in Canberra, Palmer ...

FoFA disallowance vote will save "millions"

ALICE URIBE  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2014
... reforms to FoFA." The Labor and Greens attempt to disallow government changes to the FoFA legislation failed after the Coalition was able to secure last-minute support from the PUP. A The motion to disallow the government's regulation did not pass as ...

Senate votes against disallowing FoFA amendments

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2014
... Greens attempt to disallow government changes to the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) legislation failed after the Coalition was able to secure last-minute support from the Palmer United Party (PUP). The motion to disallow the government's regulation ...

Labor forces tabling of FoFA regulations

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUL 2014
... Xenophon. Labor is now intending to give notice of a motion to disallow the government's proposed regulations on Monday The Coalition lacks a clear majority in the Senate and had avoided tabling the regulations that came into effect on July 1, 2014. ...

What happened to the ISA-FSC accord?

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUL 2014
... be agreeing on a lot more than they had been. A great deal has happened between the two industry bodies since then. A Coalition government has replaced a Labor one, giving the FSC the political advantage (Brogden himself is a former NSW Liberal leader) ...

FoFA future uncertain as Palmer threatens to join opposition

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 30 JUN 2014
... legislation, except for clarification on the grandfathering provision. With 33 representatives in the new Senate, the Coalition needs six extra votes to approve the amendments to the financial advice law. But Labor and the Greens are opposing the bill ...

Advisers applaud "historic" ban on commissions

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2014
... clear that they are amending the regulation to ban commissions," Brogden noted. Asked about the difficulties that the Coalition might find to pass the legislation through the Senate, Brogden said that the ban on commissions "giver the opposition a moment ...