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Account number issue causes angst, undue admin work: FAAA

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 AUG 2025
Flaws in Delivering Better Financial Outcomes (DBFO) Tranche 1 has inundated financial advisers with angst and more administrative work thanks to confusion surrounding account number inclusion in consent forms, according to the Financial Advice Association ...

Mulino sits on Tranche 2 for now, grapples with complexity

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUL 2025
... Daniel Mulino says releasing the next exposure draft for the "complex" second tranche of Delivering Better Financial Outcomes (DBFO) reforms is a top priority, but the financial advice sector should not expect it anytime soon. Mulino told the Financial ...

Rest calls for super performance test reforms

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUL 2025
... Government to unlock new ideas and build consensus on reform." Rest also called on the government to legislate the Tranche 2 DBFO reforms as soon as possible. Rest said the reforms will provide a pathway for funds to increase the scope and reach of financial ...

Advice bodies want efficiency, long-term solutions from Mulino

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAY 2025
... optimistic that critical reforms in the Compensation Scheme of Last Resort (CSLR) and Delivering Better Financial Outcomes (DBFO) will be prioritised. Mulino was sworn in as assistant treasurer and minister for financial services on May 13, filling in ...

Reducing super tax cap to $2m 'a concern': FAAA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAY 2025
... of Last Resort (CSLR); provide advisers access to the ATO portal; deliver effective Delivering Better Financial Outcomes (DBFO) reforms and implement a standardised fee consent form; instigate a financial services "razor-gang" to cut red tape; and support ...

FAAA calls for stronger consumer protections in advice reforms

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAY 2025
... consumer protection in the provision of super nudges in its submission to Treasury on the Delivering Better Financial Outcomes (DBFO) Tranche 2 Part A draft legislation. The FAAA supports the government's goal of increasing access to financial advice ...

Licensees slash compliance spending: Survey

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAY 2025
... thanks to a "tsunami of regulatory reforms wash over corporate Australia" such as Delivering Better Financial Outcomes 2 (DBFO), AML/CTF, Privacy and Digital Assets, he said. Under the re-elected Albanese government, industry bodies are calling for the ...

What Labor's second term means for regulators

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAY 2025
... The election left several reforms hanging, such as the scams protection framework, Delivering Better Financial Outcomes 2 (DBFO) and unfair trading prohibition. The election also upended the highly anticipated public inquiry into the failures of Dixon ...

Labor wins: What super, advice industries want

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 5 MAY 2025
... passage of payday super legislation within the first 100 days of Parliament, and the Delivering Better Financial Outcomes (DBFO) reforms. SMC said it would also push for the parliament to lift the Low-Income Super Tax Offset to strengthen retirement ...

Coalition targets 'ambitious' goal of 30k advisers

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 15 APR 2025
... the Compensation Scheme of Last Resort (CSLR), giving advisers access to the ATO portal, reducing regulatory burden through DBFO and supporting new entrants to the profession. "These are all important steps in addressing the challenges currently facing ...