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Budget speech 2014 -15

Madam Speaker, I move that the Bill for the Budget be now read a second time. Our future depends on what we as a nation do today. For our children, for our seniors, for individuals, for families, for our disabled and for our frail, for all of us, the ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2014
Mining stocks have rallied, lifting the Australian share market after investment bank JP Morgan gave the sector a big confidence vote. JP Morgan has raised its rating on the sector to "overweight" from "underweight" and has pointed to signs of a rebound ...

CBA wants Senate to fix corporate super advice

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2014
Commonwealth Bank (CBA) has expressed concern that the ban on conflicted remuneration will affect corporate superannuation advisers and has asked the Senate inquiry into the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) to find a way to solve the issue. The bank ...

Westpac weighs in on FoFA debate

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAY 2014
Westpac said that the government's proposed changes to the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) legislation are "necessary" to ensure consumer protection. Westpac is the first of the Big Four to have its say on the FoFA changes, which are A currently being ...

Stakeholders stage FoFA confrontation in Senate submissions

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAY 2014
A new round of submissions to the Senate inquiry into the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) amendments has seen consumers, academics and industry bodies holding increasingly opposing positions. Most stakeholders focused on the most controversial topics ...

FoFA amendments undermine confidence in advisers: Shorten

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 28 APR 2014
The Opposition Leader Bill Shorten said that the government's proposed amendments to the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) legislation undermine confidence in financial advisers. Speaking to journalists in Brisbane today, Shorten said that "the government ...

Government will go ahead with FoFA changes: Ciobo

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2014
The government has reaffirmed its commitment to follow through with its amendments to the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) reforms, despite putting the changes on hold last week. Speaking at an event hosted by the Financial Services Council, Parliamentary ...

Cormann freezes FoFA amendments

MARK SMITH, ALICE URIBE  |  MONDAY, 24 MAR 2014
Finance Minister Mathias Cormann will temporarily pause its plans to push the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) reforms through parliament. Cormann spoke to a number of media outlets and said that he wanted to consult key stakeholders including the ...

Senate Economics Committee to hold inquiry on FoFA bill

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAR 2014
The bill amending the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) legislation will need to go through a Senate Economics Committee inquiry before it is tabled in the Senate. The Senate Standing Committee for Selection of Bills decided to refer the Corporations ...

Industry receives FoFA bill with mixed feelings

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2014
The financial services industry and the advice community have has mixed reaction to the bill introducing changes to the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) with mixed reactions. "The Financial Planning Association is supportive of the amendments, other ...