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CBA backs financial counselling

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAY 2017
... family violence. CBA has pledged $400,000 to fund training of financial counsellors across Australia working with people affected by domestic and family violence, to enhance their skills in identifying and measuring the impact of financial abuse. The ...

Advice associations respond to Federal Budget

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAY 2017
... result of tonight's announcement, the FPA encourages planners to plan client reviews carefully, giving priority to those affected immediately or very soon, versus those where the potential impact is very significant," De Gori advised. Meanwhile, Association ...

SMSFs hit hard by super reform

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2017
About a third (31%) of self-managed super fund members will be adversely affected by the impending superannuation reforms - not 4% the government grossly underestimated in last year's budget. A new report from SMSF software company Class found Baby ...

Strong quarter for CBA

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2017
... offset by exchange rate movements. CBA did not detail the performance of its insurance arm, but noted insurance income was affected by bad weather conditions and Cyclone Debbie. Home lending activity grew by 7.8%, but business lending remained subdued. ...

From financial advisers to cybersecurity advocates

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 8 MAY 2017
... cybercrime networks turn their focus to financial services companies at an alarming rate. Finance professionals will be affected on three fronts: the value of companies they invest in, the security threat to proprietary company data, and financial damage ...

CFA considers AI, robo-advice in exams

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAY 2017
... overwhelming majority (70%) of CFA members globally who took part in a study said affluent investors will be positively affected by automated financial advice tools in the form of reduced costs, improved access to advice product choices. But such tools ...

Opposition floats SMSF borrowing ban

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 21 APR 2017
... improve housing affordability." Shorten was quick to reassure that any SMSFs investing under the current rules would not be affected. The Coalition government is expected to unveil the details of their own housing affordability measures in the May 9 ...

CGT top of adviser minds

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 11 APR 2017
... explained CGT relief measures as special one-off tax concessions available to certain super fund members who may be adversely affected in two ways: by complying with the $1.6 million transfer balance cap, or changes to the tax treatment of transition ...

Insurers: beware the double-edged sword of genetic testing

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAR 2017
... application process - even if this isn't legal. "That fear is profound. They don't want their life insurance, or their lives, affected by discrimination on the basis of their genetic makeup. And that means that in some cases they don't take out insurance ...

Major ASIC project finds serious financial advice concerns

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAR 2017
... said institutions had paid out $30 million in total by 31 December 2016. This was paid to approximately 1347 customers affected by 97 SCC advisers, and excludes CBA's Open Advice Review remediation program. $5,928,821 was paid in response to customer ...