FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
Superannuation
The SMSF Association has called on both sides of politics to commit themselves to overarching goals for superannuation and to avoid tinkering with superannuation for shor...
Editorial
The industry funds are seeking to play the consumer protection card in their defence of the default funds under modern awards regime but the real beneficiaries of the sta...
Financial planning
After this week’s leadership challenge the Federal Government will not waste political capital championing changes to FOFA according to the AFA....
Funds management
The Council of Financial Regulators is set to conduct its second review of competition in the clearing of Australian cash equities in three years....
Superannuation
The Senate has passed a bill that abolishes duplicative payslip reporting provisions in superannuation legislation, a move the Federal Government says will reduce red tap...
Superannuation
The Australia Institute has pointed to the danger of a blow-out in the cost of the tax concessions granted to super....
Superannuation
AIST urges Government not to adopt Board of Taxation’s recommendations lifting the super payment threshold for low income workers to $1350 a quarter....
Financial planning
There is a significant risk of fragmentation when implementing FSI recommendations, a regulation expert at Minter Ellison said....
Superannuation
Frydenberg commits to changing an SG Charge regime described as “unnecessarily harsh”....
Financial planning
The major industry funds groups want ASIC to receive better budgetary resourcing to regulate financial planners....
Financial planning
The FPA will drop its efforts to enshrine 'financial planner' under law claiming it would be automatically protected if recommendations from the PJC are adopted by the Fe...
Funds management
Legal firm Hall and Wilcox is concerned Australian fund managers will find it tough to implement the new premium investor visa....
Policy & Regulation
Minister for Finance, Senator Mathias Cormann, declares the Government is still working to agree more “non-contentious” FOFA refinements....
Financial planning
SPAA is pleased the Federal Government will include qualifications and professional association membership of financial advisers in the register, albeit not until March 2...
Policy & Regulation
Labor will support Govt FOFA changes on grandfathering and other key elements....
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