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End of the road for Dollarmites

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 25 OCT 2021
Commonwealth Bank has ditched its 90-year-old Dollarmites program after the state governments' banning of school banking schemes. The New South Wales government is the latest to jump on board and ban bank-run marketing schemes in classrooms after ...

Industry funds could solve energy crisis: ISA

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUN 2019
... progressively phase out coal-fired generators. "This is where industry funds can contribute. They can pre-empt future government decision-making to fill potholes in grids, replace existing network capacity, or develop innovative financial products that ...

Stamp duty axing treated with caution

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUN 2017
The NSW Government decision to abolish all stamp duty for first homebuyers on existing and new homes up to $650,000, and stamp duty discounts up to $800,000, is being met with caution from a financial adviser. Announced by Premier Gladys Berejiklian ...

AFA, FPA yet to commit to FSC life risk agenda

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUN 2015
... Advice Working Group's Report on Retail Life Insurance Advice, released on March 26. In response to the looming Government decision, the AFA, FPA and Financial Services Council were reported to be meeting to come to an agreement on the best way to reform ...

Regional banks call for FSI reforms without delay

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2015
... loss absorbency instruments and an enhanced crisis management toolkit. They would also be disappointed by any government decision to ignore chair David Murray's recommendation against introducing a bank deposits insurance levy. Bank of Queensland chief ...

PROFILE: Bernie Ripoll

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 APR 2014
As the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) debate rages on, Shadow Financial Services and Superannuation Minister Bernie Ripoll looks back at its inception. Laura Millan A reports. At the beginning, the future of financial advice was in the hands of Bernie ...

FEATURE: The cost of cash

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2014
... think the answer is no. They will be thinking that if most of the price rise in non-tradable assets is due to government decision making [as a result of monetary policy being tightened in the US] then they will expect it to simply wash through the system. ...

ASIC extends short PDS relief

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 11 FEB 2014
... that have been excluded from the shorter PDS regime. ASIC has extended the relief pending a future Australian Government decision on the application of the shorter PDS regime to superannuation platforms, multi-funds and hedge funds. The shorter PDS regime ...

Super funds argue against unfair fee rules

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2013
Representatives for the superannuation industry have argued against a Federal Government decision that would stop funds capping administration fees under draft reform laws. Speaking before a Parliamentary Joint Committee that is investigating the last ...

SPAA welcomes Gov's tick of approval

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 DEC 2012
A representative body for self managed superannuation fund professionals has welcomed a federal government decision to recognise its fund auditing qualification as a win for professionalism. The program offered by the SMSF Professionals' of Australia ...
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