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Intra-fund advice exemptions in doubt

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUL 2014
... our changes is remove unnecessary and costly red tape, which is pushing up the cost of advice without proportionate improvements in consumer protections and deal with some of the unintended consequences of Labor's changes where that is necessary to maintain ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 7 JUL 2014
... negative note, but Morgan's senior private client adviser Bill Chatterton said local investors remained upbeat. He said improvements in the US, where another fall in the unemployment rate last week helped push the Dow Jones Industrial Average above 17,000 ...

Senate inquiry reccommends Royal Commission into CBA

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUN 2014
... changes The inquiry conducted a thorough review of the regulator's duties and recommended a range of changes and improvements, including its website, governance and internal structure. The report recommended a review of the ASIC Act 2001 in two years ...

Good or bad, it's all good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUN 2014
... Chicago Fed's National Activity Index that went from minus 0.15 in April to plus 0.21 in May.... and get this, these improvements are happening at the same time that Aunt Janet Yellenhas been taking away US$10 billion a month for the yankee-doodle-dandys ...

Government to pass most FoFA changes through regulation

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2014
... solely through regulations are permitting balanced scorecard incentive payments which do not conflict advice and improvements to the grandfathering provisions. Changes through regulation will come into effect from July 1, 2014, until December 31, 2015 ...

Cormann ready to issue views on Senate FoFA report

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUN 2014
... spokesperson for the Minister confirmed to Financial Standard that "the government will announce its approach to proposed improvements to financial advice laws shortly." The response "will include a considered response to the recommendations made by ...

Firms urged to get ready for SuperStream

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUN 2014
... there was no consistency in the data required to deal with contributions. "SuperStream is one of the most significant improvements to the compulsory superannuation system since its inception 20 years ago," Hind said in a statement today. Firms with 20 ...

Treasury consults on unclaimed monies time window

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAY 2014
... place on the community and industry," noted the discussion paper. The discussion paper has also asked what potential improvements could be introduced to the associated administrative arrangements associated with handling these unclaimed monies. Treasury ...

BT adds new capabilities to wrap platform

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAY 2014
... tolerance reporting. BT Financial Group head of platforms Kelly Power said: "I am very excited about the continued improvements we are making to BT Wrap and how advisers are embracing them. "We do not take our leading market position for granted, and ...

Moving on up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2014
... current administration." "We believe the resulting gains in government revenue generation, spending efficiency, and the improvements in public debt profile and investment environment will at least be preserved in the medium term under the next administration." ...