Topical adviser technical enquiries

31 May 2023

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Information for advice professionals only.

This podcast addresses four questions recently asked by advisers to the technical hotline.

You can also access this podcast via Soundcloud.

Progress of consultation

Over recent months, the Government have consulted on several proposals for potential change including the quality of advice review recommendations, better targeted superannuation concessions, legislating the objective of superannuation and education standards for experienced financial advisers . In this week’s podcast we discuss the progress of these consultations.

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2023 Federal Budget on the horizon

Next Tuesday the 9th of May, the Government is due to hand down their second Federal Budget, with our team ready to do the analysis of what the Budget announcements mean to you and your clients. In this week’s podcast we look at pre-Budget announcements that have been made by the Government, and what other potential Budget announcements are being reported, or speculated upon, around the grounds.

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Techknow - Consultation paves the way for experienced advisers

Recently the Government released draft legislation for consultation that seeks to recognise the experience of eligible existing financial advisers as equivalent to tertiary study requirements. In this week’s podcast we discuss the consultation paper and what this change could mean for advisers.

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