FEDERAL BUDGET 2016

Features

Financial advisers will need to consider whether their client’s current strategy will still be optimal after the concessional contribution changes come into effect, Craig...

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Superannuation

The 2016 Budget amendment allowing market linked pensions to be partly commuted will be useful to those otherwise locked into excess transfer balance positions....

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Financial planning

The AFA is waiting for the Government’s announcement of its ministry before heading to Canberra for policy discussion, and has urged all sides of politics to prioritise t...

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