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Payday Super arrives midyear. Are your clients ready?
Payday Super will mean more admin and costs for small businesses, says the IPA's Tony Greco. It's time to prepare.
90% of advisers stressed about compliance
The study, conducted by life insurer AIA Australia with Deakin University and peak performance researcher Dr Adam Fraser, found that regulatory...
IPA joins industry fight against ‘shameful’ ASIC advice fee hike
The total cost levied by ASIC is now $1,500 per retail advice licence, plus an additional $2,426 per authorised adviser under the licence,...
‘A difficult place’: Industry leaders plead for regulatory change
FPA chair Marisa Broome said the industry was in desperate need of regulatory simplification, and that steps taken by the government so far,...
FASEA code breach complaints non-existent
Presenting at AIA's Adviser Summit on Tuesday, AFCA ombudsman Shail Singh said the ombudsman had heard just six complaints relating to a breach...
FASEA’s big exam push as deadline looms
FASEA chief executive Stephen Glenfield told ifa the authority “does not have an interest in making people fail” and had taken on feedback from...
FASEA concedes code change may be imminent
The standards authority’s chief executive, Stephen Glenfield, said it was “fair” to suggest Treasury would look to amend the code taking into...
Accounting bodies unite on tax depreciation reform for SMEs
In a joint submission to the Treasury from Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand (CA ANZ), CPA Australia, the Institute of Public...
Financial advice fees jump over 20%
Data from Adviser Ratings’ 2020 Financial Advice Benchmarking Study, which took in responses from around 1,500 advisers, revealed that median...
Were FASEA’s hands tied on CPD recognition?
In a number of questions on notice to FASEA, Senate economic references committee member Amanda Stoker pointed to paragraph 6.9 of the...
Up to 6,000 advisers at risk as FASEA deadline nears
The industry education group’s chief executive, Brian Knight, told ifa that with enrolment numbers dropping as a less confident cohort of...
