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SG rise through House of Representatives

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2011
... the coat tails" of the mining tax. "It's been hidden, away from sight; it hasn't been subject to the full parliamentary debate it deserves. If any government in Australia was going to say that they would lift payroll tax by 3% there would be a big public ...

Ripoll defends FOFA integrity

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 21 NOV 2011
... A heated panel session between government and industry heavyweights about the FOFA reforms led to calls for a realistic debate and new government promises, with opt-in dominating the discussion. In a session at the Financial Planning Association's annual ...

IMAP: Make changes early to get FOFA ready

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  FRIDAY, 18 NOV 2011
... Providers, who maintain the best way to ensure FOFA readiness is to make changes ahead of time. "The sleeper in the industry's debate around FOFA is the issue of client 'best interest'. Advisers must be ready not only for a fee-for-service model but ...

FOFA will pass: Shorten, FPA

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 18 NOV 2011
Minister for Financial Services and Superannuation Bill Shorten and the FPA agree that the FOFA reforms will pass through parliament, with the Minister urging planners to embrace change as a necessary survival tool for the betterment of the industry. ...

Political debate defers FOFA clarity

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  THURSDAY, 17 NOV 2011
... as well as the Parliamentary Joint Committee report on FOFA due on February 29, leaving little time for both houses to debate any amended legislation. So what impact would a possible delay to the implementation of FOFA mean for the industry? "No member ...

Shorten rallies the troop to vote in favour of SG hike

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  FRIDAY, 11 NOV 2011
... have than the overall goal, and this sometimes adds to complexity," said the minister. But Shorten maintained that robust debate would be beneficial for the industry in the long run. "I would rather spend more time ironing out detail with different groups ...

Congressmen agitate for US transaction tax

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 3 NOV 2011
... means the Bill has no chance of passing but William Katz, a leading analyst from Citi, said the presence of the Bill amidst debate around the similar transaction tax in Europe will keep pressure on asset managers and the financial services sector, reported ...

Market Report- Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 25 OCT 2011
... close on 2,370.30. Both markets were lifted by improved manufacturing data from China. Eurozone talks have been mired in debate over how to increase the rescue fund's firepower without increasing the guarantees each state puts into the fund -- a sensitive ...

FOFA reforms are a soft landing

RACHEL DAVIS  |  MONDAY, 24 OCT 2011
... problem is that it will be harder and more costly to access advice," Tim Browne, general manager, CommInsure added to the debate. "If we don't get it right, we will reflect on FOFA as something that didn't hit the mark."

Industry panel turns up FOFA heat

RACHEL DAVIS  |  MONDAY, 24 OCT 2011
The 'future is in your hands' industry panel participants treated day one of the 2011 AFA conference to a lively debate over the architecture of the future of financial advice reforms, the regulatory separation of superannuation from the rest of the ...