FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
Financial planning
Genworth has partnered with Lifeline in its Stress Down Day initiatives to tackle the negative effects of financial hardship and mortgage stress on families....
Financial planning
The Government's legislative arrangements on default funds appear to not entirely reflect the preferred position of Productivity Commission....
Financial planning
The Coalition has indicated it has already drafted changes to FOFA legislation that it will implement if it wins office....
Editorial
Mike Taylor writes that the Productivity Commission’s final report on default funds under modern awards delivered a formula which is unlikely to survive a change of Gover...
Policy & Regulation
Commissioner of Taxation Michael D'Ascenzo is stepping down from his role at the end of 2012 after a seven-year term, according to a Government statement....
Superannuation
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) has applauded the Federal Government's lack of tax tinkering in its Mid-Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook (MYEF...
Financial planning
The Federal Government has received a mixed response to the financial services and superannuation initiatives evolving out of its Mid-Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook (MY...
Superannuation
The Government has opted for only limited impacts on superannuation in its MYEFO approach, but has increased the SMSF levy....
Financial planning
The Federal Government has backed the success of its small business clearing house as it passed half a billion dollars in superannuation payments....
Superannuation
The rules around the release of the Productivity Commission report into default funds under modern awards means the Government is under no obligation to rush its release....
Superannuation
Govt warned its MySuper legislation may actually represent interference in valid investment decisions made by super fund members....
Superannuation
SISFA has warned the Federal Government that the country's almost one million SMSF trustees will use their collective voting power to object to further regulatory burden....
Superannuation
Government promotion pushes benefits of Household Assistance Package to self-funded retirees....
Superannuation
AMP has so far returned $4.8 million in lost super to its customers amid repeated calls for members to consolidate their superannuation....
Superannuation
Sunsuper appears to have filled a gap left by the Federal Government's small business super contributions clearing house with an online employer portal that has attracted...
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