Economic and geopolitical volatility demands greater flexibility and action from advisers

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Financial advisers must be increasingly nimble, agile and flexible in the current volatile economic and geopolitical environment, according to the Hon. Arthur Sinodinos AO, Partner and Chair of The Asia

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SPAA opposes compensation for SMSFs

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The SMSF Professionals’ Association of Australia (SPAA) remains steadfastly opposed to any form of compensation scheme for self managed super funds (SMSFs). SPAA CEO Andrea Slattery was responding to a

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FSC welcomes clarity on outstanding tax and superannuation measures

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“The government’s announcement on the backlog of unlegislated tax and superannuation measures provides long overdue certainty to the Financial Services industry,” Financial Services Council CEO John Brogden said today. Mr

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Year in Review 2013 and Year to Come 2014

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Reflecting on 2013 Connect Financial Service Brokers (Connect) CEO Paul Tynan has described the marketplace as one that has been filled with shifting dynamics that will be the source of

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FSC’s response to Government’s abolishment of $100k superannuation measure

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“The Government is returning certainty and stability to superannuation policy,” John Brogden, CEO of the Financial Services Council said today in response to the announcement by Joe Hockey and Arthur

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Senator Sinodinos to address AFA National Conference

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Assistant Treasurer, Senator the Hon. Arthur Sinodinos has been confirmed as a plenary speaker at this month’s Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) National Conference (the Conference) on the Gold Coast.

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FPA pursues consumer/planner double dividend

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With a new Ministerial line-up announced today by the recently elected Abbott federal Government, Australia’s peak financial planning body the Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA) has welcomed the announced Ministry and reaffirmed

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FSC says the government has appointed a strong Treasury team

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The Financial Services Council has welcomed the new appointments to the Treasury portfolio. John Brogden CEO of the Financial Services Council said: “With Joe Hockey, Arthur Sinodinos and Steven Ciobo

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