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Xenophon rejects Senate FoFA report

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUN 2014
... new Senate coming in on July 1, the Coalition will need six extra votes to approve the amendments to the financial advice law. Labor and the Greens are opposing the reform, which means that the Coalition will need to lobby the independent senators to ...

FoFA changes designed to protect big players: opposition

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUN 2014
... in the community," Labor senators in the Committee said. The Greens asked for more time to consider the effects of the FoFA law as, they argued, it was implemented only a few months ago. "It is too early to consider such amendments that seem designed ...

Senate report supportive of government FoFA reforms

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUN 2014
... Economics Committee has shown broad support of the Coalition's proposed amendments to the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) law, although it suggested some changes. The Committee made public the conclusions of the Senate inquiry into the FoFA amendments ...

Senate FoFA conclusions expected today

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 16 JUN 2014
... have been subject to a heated debate for the past few months. After that, the government is due to present the reform of the law to the Parliament, which will debate it and vote it during the winter sitting period. However, timing on the release of the ...

High earners to pay more tax soon

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 JUN 2014
Australia's highest income earners will soon be hit with a temporary tax. The key budget measure made its way to the Senate on Monday where it will pass with the support of Labor. The government wants its legislation passed in the next fortnight of ...

Financial Wisdom to face class action for poor advice

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 16 JUN 2014
... Lawyers for inappropriate investment advice to more than 3,000 clients. Shine Lawyers confirmed to Financial Standard that the law firm is now collecting evidence to build cases against the bank-owned financial planning group. The action will allege ...

MDA provider appoints lawyer to senior role

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUN 2014
... The owner of managedaccounts.com.au has appointed Jillian McGregor for her experience working in mid and top tier Australian law firms. She started in her new role on June 5, and previously held senior positions at law firms K&L Gates (Middletons) and ...

Palmer United will hold the key to FoFA approval

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUN 2014
... representatives in the new Senate, the Coalition will need six extra votes to approve the amendments to the financial advice law. The Palmer United Party's three Senators have formed a bloc with Motoring Enthusiasts Party Senator Ricky Muir; and the ...

The kindness of central banks

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUN 2014
... hasten its climb up and over the 2,000 milestone... and there'll be bad hair days that could prolong it. But absent Murphy's Law - if anything could go wrong, it will - 2,000 here we come! It'll get there. And where Wall Street goes the world follows ...

Federal Court finds S&P guilty in landmark ruling

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2014
A landmark ruling by the Federal Court against ratings agency Standard & Poor's, ABN AMRO and Local Government Financial Services (LGFS) could have implications across the world. The Federal Court ruled in favour of 12 NSW local councils who lost millions ...