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Daniel Mulino takes over financial services portfolio

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2025
... also previously taught economics at Yale and at Monash University. In welcoming Mulino to the role, Financial Advice Association Australia chief executive Sarah Abood said she is looking forward to working with him on areas in need of reform, like the ...

Reducing super tax cap to $2m 'a concern': FAAA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAY 2025
Financial Advice Association Australia (FAAA) chief executive Sarah Abood has voiced concerns about the future of Div 296, given Labor's overwhelming victory at the federal election. The proposed 30% tax on superannuation balances above $3 million could ...

Industry bodies call for delay to Payday Super

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAY 2025
A collective of industry bodies, including Chartered Accountants ANZ and the Financial Advice Association Australia, want the government to push the implementation of Payday Super to July 2028. In a joint submission to Treasury, eight industry lobby ...

FAAA calls for stronger consumer protections in advice reforms

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAY 2025
The Financial Advice Association of Australia (FAAA) has opposed collective charging for "always complex and costly" retirement planning advice and emphasised the need for consumer protection in the provision of super nudges in its submission to Treasury ...

What Labor's second term means for regulators

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAY 2025
... of Dixon Advisory, which was slated to provide a report by the last sitting day of March 2025. The Financial Advice Association Australia (FAAA) general manager of policy, advocacy and standards Phil Anderson said he expects that the Dixon Inquiry will ...

Labor wins: What super, advice industries want

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 5 MAY 2025
... world-envied super system even stronger for millions of everyday Australians," Schubert said. Similarly, the Financial Advice Association Australia (FAAA) said it is looking forward to working with the re-elected Labor government and new financial services ...

Spender criticises Labor's 'lack of urgency' on advice reforms

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 17 APR 2025
... Spender criticised the government for its lack of action on urgent advice reforms. Speaking at the Financial Advice Association Australia's (FAAA) federal election financial services summit, Spender said while minister for financial services Stephen ...

Div 296 must proceed to strengthen 'fairness' in superannuation: ASFA

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 17 APR 2025
... the threshold. This includes the independent member for Wentworth Allegra Spender who attended the Financial Advice Association of Australia's Federal Election Summit today, labelling the tax on unrealised gains a "very bad policy". "I have worked ...

Coalition targets 'ambitious' goal of 30k advisers

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 15 APR 2025
... which reduces costs and supports the growth of the industry." The announcement was welcomed by the Financial Advice Association Australia (FAAA). FAAA chief executive Sarah Abood said she was encouraged to see several of the Coalition's proposed measures ...

Jones clarifies scope of new class of adviser

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2025
... Companies (CSLR and Dixon Advisory) has been deferred from March 27 to July 28 - a four-month delay. The Financial Advice Association Australia's Phil Anderson described the delay as "frustrating" in light of the rising cost of the CSLR and what ...