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Superannuation

Opposition attacks MYEFO superannuation changes

Federal Opposition says Government has undermined retirement savings agenda with MYEFO superannuation cap changes....

Superannuation

Low-cost products defy Industry Super Network campaign

Low-cost products introduced over the past 12 months by major providers such as Colonial First State, BT and AMP may have served to undermine the assumptions and disclaim...

Superannuation

Superannuation guarantee to rise as Govt gets mining tax

The Government's success in negotiating support for its Mineral Resource Rent Tax has given the green light to a higher superannuation guarantee....

Policy & Regulation

Government vows not to tax trusts as companies

The Federal Government has released a new consultation paper on modernising the taxation of family trusts and declared it is not looking at taxing trusts as companies....

Financial planning

Uncertainty surrounds Oakeshott on opt-in

Despite ongoing lobbying by financial planners, there exists no certainty that key independents Rob Oakeshott and Andrew Wilkie will support key FOFA amendments....

Superannuation

Opposition puts heat on industry super fund watchdogs

The Federal Opposition is maintaining pressure on Australia's two financial services regulators, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) and the Austr...

Superannuation

Bushby calls for superannuation transparency

The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority's (APRA's) handling of superannuation funds needs to be just as transparent as its handling of the major banks, according t...

Superannuation

ASIC reviewing Industry Super Network's advertising

The Federal Opposition has succeeded in having ASIC review the latest ISN television advertising campaign....

Policy & Regulation

Roundtable acknowledges Industry Super Network's influence on FOFA

A Money Management roundtable reveals consensus around rising cost of FOFA and the influence of Industry Super Network....

Policy & Regulation

FOFA bill not best practice - Federal Opposition

The Federal Opposition claims the Government's FOFA bill breaches its own best practice with respect to regulatory impact....

Editorial

Industry super funds stumble on to the secret of success

It is now more than six years' since the industry superannuation funds launched their 'compare the pair' advertising campaign and, as Mike Taylor reports, it appears to h...

Policy & Regulation

FOFA headed for Parliamentary inquiry

The Federal Opposition will seek to have the Government's Future of Financial Advice (FOFA) bills sent to a Parliamentary inquiry....

Editorial

Financial planning licensees defy ASIC's expectations

Despite some media reports to the contrary, Mike Taylor writes that the top 20 licensees in the financial planning industry emerged in reasonable shape from ASIC’s review...