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Employed advisers could face $200k liability under FoFA

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUN 2013
... financial advisers will be personally liable for serious breaches of the Best Interests Duty if they are authorised representatives (ARs), according to Charmian Holmes, solicitor director at The Fold Legal (the Fold). Once the Future of Financial Advice ...

TASA necessary for customer protection: accountants

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUN 2013
... Accountants (IPA) is supporting the Tax Agent Services Act (TASA) scheduled to be voted on today in the House of Representatives. The IPA said that the measure will give Australians the necessary consumer protection when it comes to tax advice. "Financial ...

Greens hold the key to TASA in Senate

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUN 2013
The House of Representatives will vote today on the incorporation of financial planners into the Tax Agent Services Act (TASA) and if the bill is approved, the key to the final voting in the Senate could be in the hands of the Greens. The Financial ...

AFS goes into liquidation

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAY 2013
... the obligations under the Corporations Act 2001. The Administrators will continue to work with the Authorised Representatives with respect to their transition to new dealer groups or alternate licensees, said the BDO statement.

TASA now likely to include advisers by July 2013

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2013
... "financial adviser services" category for advisers and the measure is likely to start on July 1, 2013. The House of Representatives tabled the legislation this week and the bill is expected to pass on June 27, on the last sitting day of Parliament's ...

Shorten slams opposition's 'freeze-frame' super plans

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2013
... used the passing of the Tax and Superannuation Laws Amendment (2013 Measures No 1) Bill 2013 into the House of Representatives to slam the Opposition's plans to delay an increase in compulsory super contributions. The bill follows Government moves on ...

Infrastructure tax incentives put before Parliament

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2013
Tax incentives for major infrastructure projects have been introduced into the House of Representatives. The measures change the way investment losses are realised, allowing eligible infrastructure projects to maintain the value of losses over time ...

Adviser "enshrinement" bill passes through lower house

ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2013
The House of Representatives has passed the Corporations Amendment (Simple Corporate Bonds and Other Measures) Bill 2013 with amendments to enshrine the terms 'financial adviser' and 'financial planner' in law. Currently under the C orporations Act ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 27 MAY 2013
... Media chairman Roger Corbett is scheduled to deliver a speech at a business lunch in Adelaide. Energy industry representatives have gathered in Brisbane for the annual Australian Petroleum Production & Exploration Association (APPEA) conference. NEW ...

Paragem FUA reaches $1.9bn after new mergers

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAY 2013
... fee-based and look after more than $280 million FUA, which takes the Paragem AFSL to 16 practices and 40 authorised representatives, looking after $1.9 billion. In Sydney, Frank MacDonagh operating under FMA Wealth Management joined Paragem. The practice ...