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Treasury opens discussion on tax reform

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 30 MAR 2015
Treasurer Joe Hockey has issued the Tax Discussion Paper, raising fundamental questions about the future of Australia's tax system. The paper will open a debate until the 2016 election and will ideally inform the tax policy ideas the Government will ...

China millennials dictate future of emerging-market investment

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2015
The rise of affluent Chinese "millennials" is driving changes in the emerging-market investment space, according to AB. China has an estimated 300 million people born between 1980 and 2000, and this generation is distinct from those previous in that ...

Advice M&A activity set to soar in 2015

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2015
... or sell their businesses. Prendeville noted that two years of regulatory uncertainty around the final outcome of the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) legislation had led the market into an "artificial freeze." During 2014, "supply or absence of sellers ...

Employers must do more to promote ethical culture

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2015
... industry which engenders trust, according to CFA Institute. CFA Society president Anthony Serhan said while reforms such as Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) have improved transparency, policy makers were only one part of the process and employers and ...

US fiduciary reforms will rock pension funds

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2015
... Investment Retirement Accounts (IRA) providers. In comments that mirror the reaction in Australia to the introduction of the Future of Financial Advice (FOFA) reforms, SIFMA added: "This proposal would have forced investors from commission-based accounts ...

Young advisers flock to the AFA

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 17 FEB 2015
... [young advisers] want - it's to get noticed, get inspired, get connected, get mentored and get smart - they are the future of advice." Fox said that "as an association we have created a feeling of vibrancy, of being connected and enthusiastic, driven ...

Corporate super adviser body beefs up to face challenges

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 13 FEB 2015
... and had been its president for six years as a volunteer. Corporate super advisers are affected by the MySuper and the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) legislations. The FoFA ban on conflicted remuneration means that they can no longer receive revenue ...

Life insurance commissions must remain an option: AFA

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 FEB 2015
... types of commissions, the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA)'s chief operating officer Phil Anderson said. "The future of upfront commissions is in doubt, but we should give appropriate consideration to other options available," Anderson said at ...

Economists divided over Europe growth

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 30 JAN 2015
... States in only two years? Economists at the Financial Standard Chief Economist Forum expressed different views on the future of the old continent. "They are dead in the water and they are going to stay that way," State Street Global Advisors chief economist ...

Government repeals Palmer FoFA changes

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 DEC 2014
The government has repealed the Palmer United Party's (PUP) proposed changes to the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) legislation and grandfathering amendments have become law. The registration of the grandfathering provisions will see these regulations ...