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Younger Aussies want personalised financial advice: CALI

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUL 2025
... on track." CALI has advocated for more affordable, accessible financial advice, including the support of the federal government's introduction of a new class of adviser who can offer limited advice on life insurance products. Under current laws, life ...

Adviser exodus puts retirement savings at risk: CPA

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUL 2025
... burdens. However, getting the right advice is only becoming harder to find and more expensive," he said. "The federal government must take action to help alleviate the burden of regulation and costs faced by advisers before the shortage becomes an irreversible ...

Prime Value expands microcap fund

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 7 JUL 2025
... strategy will be made accessible to retail investors for the first time under the new structure and name. The federal government canned the Business Innovation and Investment Program (BIIP), which comprised three major visa streams that provided a pathway ...

Firms rebuffing AFCA determinations should be named: FAAA, professional bodies

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUN 2025
... ended on June 13, proposed changes to AFCA's rules to reflect a recent authorisation condition issued by the federal government and to improve the effectiveness, transparency, and efficiency of its complaint-handling processes. Since the CSLR was established ...

Super tax requires a 'holistic' review: ASA

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2025
The Australian Shareholders' Association (ASA) is urging the federal government to reconsider the proposed terms on the Division 296 superannuation tax. The super tax has received mixed opinions since its announcement, but the Labor government has insisted ...

Regal Partners charts US expansion

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAY 2025
... We expect high demand for such a product, given demographic changes, the phasing out of bank hybrids and the federal government's plans to tax unrealised gains within high superannuation balances," O'Connor said. "Importantly, this type of multi-strategy ...

Daniel Mulino takes over financial services portfolio

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2025
... Financial Outcomes legislation. "These are priorities that our members are keen to see addressed quickly by the federal government," she said. "It is critical that we build a healthy and sustainable financial advice community in Australia to help more ...

Coalition targets 'ambitious' goal of 30k advisers

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 15 APR 2025
... encouraged to see several of the Coalition's proposed measures aligned with the FAAA's priorities for the next federal government. These included the commitment to reforming the Compensation Scheme of Last Resort (CSLR), giving advisers access to the ...

Taxes and housing dominate election race

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 14 APR 2025
... time has well and truly come for wider discussion about Australia's tax system," van Onselen said. "Our next federal government should announce a roadmap of how Australia will achieve meaningful tax reform. This needs to be the focus of tax discussions ...

Market turmoil hits portfolios

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2025
... Neiron said. "Uncertainty will most likely prevail in the near term, and Australia is not immune, with the federal government being put to vote in the coming quarter and interest rates appearing to be stuck in a holding pattern." Neiron reinforced that ...