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The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) will have stewardship of the SuperStream gateway network for two years, the Treasury has said. ...
Superannuation
SPAA's Andrea Slattery says member responsibility outweighs need for SMSF compensation scheme. ...
Financial planning
Assistant Treasurer says legislation is no guarantee that financial products will not fail. ...
Financial planning
Sinodinos says the Government does not intend to speculate on hypothetical court challenges to FOFA as posed by the ISA. ...
Superannuation
SPAA continues to reject compensation scheme, claiming it is counter to the philosophy of SMSFs....
Editorial
As the financial planning industry moves into 2014 it does so in the knowledge that the Abbott Government has delivered on its undertakings to address what it regarded as...
Financial planning
Government claims its FOFA changes will generate $190 million in costs savings which should be passed through to consumers....
Superannuation
The Federal Government has disbanded three superannuation advisory bodies established under the former Labor Government....
Financial planning
The Assistant Treasurer has denied claims by industry funds that changes to FOFA will water down consumer protection....
Financial planning
Planners still required to provide FDS until FOFA amendments become law....
Financial planning
The release of draft amendments to FOFA have been welcomed but representative bodies still to pick through the details...
Financial planning
The Federal Government has released draft FOFA amendments which it will introduce by regulation wherever possible...
Financial planning
Trio-linked adviser Ross Tarrant has appealed his seven-year ban from the industry, also criticising Labor MP Steve Jones for political point-scoring over the issue....
Superannuation
Changes to FOFA highlight the need for specialist SMSF advice, according to SPAA....
Funds management
ASIC has provided relief for mFund settlement Service clients through a class order. ...
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