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Government establishes aged care Royal Commission

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 17 SEP 2018
A prominent law firm believes elder financial abuse should form one of the main issues to be examined at the newly established Royal Commission in to the aged care sector. Maurice Blackburn Lawyers welcomed the Federal Government's intention to establish ...

Instant asset write off extended

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 13 SEP 2018
Financial advice and planning businesses are set to receive a boost with the extension of the Federal Government's $20,000 instant asset write off legislation passing through the Senate. Part of the Government's economic agenda to introduce tax cuts ...

Chief economist update: Confidence down, conditions up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 SEP 2018
Et tu, Brute? The Australian version of the Shakespearean drama, Julius Caesar, that saw Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull politically assassinated (and replaced with the Federal Treasurer Scott Morrison) in the dying days of August may have played a ...

Super industry welcomes Age Pension backflip

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 6 SEP 2018
Key superannuation industry bodies have welcomed the Federal Government's decision to back flip on its longstanding proposal to increase the Age Pension age to 70. ISA deputy chief executive Matt Linden said the peak body for industry superannuation ...

Federal oversight of financial services sector clarified

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 4 SEP 2018
The Federal Government has confirmed who will be responsible for the financial services sector, including responding to the Royal Commission. Despite the ongoing Royal Commission and continued uncertainty within the sector, last month's Liberal ...

Morrison drops financial services portfolio

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 27 AUG 2018
In an obvious omission, the dedicated financial services portfolio has been scrapped by Australia's latest Prime Minister, Scott Morrison. Announcing a new-look ministry following the Liberal Party's leadership spill last week, the standalone ...

Australia's weekus horribilis

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 AUG 2018
If there's one thing Australia's "weekus horribilis" proved, it's that financial markets hate uncertainty. The week of 20-24 August began with a challenge to sitting Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull's leadership of the Liberal Party and ended ...

Scott Morrison becomes Prime Minister, markets react

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 24 AUG 2018
Scott Morrison will be Australia's next Prime Minister, after he beat Peter Dutton 45-40 in a Liberal Party leadership ballot. The ASX 200 jumped on the news, after trending downwards since Monday. It hit its highest at 1.05pm, when it was up 0.33% ...

Customer data protections progress

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 AUG 2018
Wealth management firms have an opportunity to set the course around how they better deliver customer-oriented solutions following the Federal Government's release of draft legislation on the Consumer Data Right. The Consumer Data Right is aimed to ...

Life insurance loyalty waning

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 13 AUG 2018
... insurance despite the fact that often they have the greatest need," Roy Morgan industry communications director Norman Morris said. This was followed by 50 to 64-year-olds which accounted for 35.7% or 360,000 of the total. The biggest driver was better ...