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The Government has used Medicare and the ATO to begin promoting its Small Business Superannuation Clearing House....
Superannuation
New allegations surrounding an industry superannuation fund seem likely to generate calls for further regulatory scrutiny....
Financial planning
The Federal Opposition has used Senate Estimates answers to claim the Government intends raiding the Future Fund to underpin its Budget surplus target....
Policy & Regulation
The Federal Opposition has accused Assistant Treasurer Bill Shorten of allowing his industry fund affiliations to distort the FOFA legislation....
Financial planning
Both the Financial Services Council and the Federal Opposition have sent the Government a clear message that they will not accept any delay in referring the status of def...
Financial planning
The Treasury has declined to say whether banning commissions on life/risk products in super will end up making such products more expensive....
Financial planning
The Federal Opposition has claimed that a higher super guarantee would erode take-home pay....
Editorial
Recent reports suggesting that a group made up of industry funds, consumer groups and trade unions was ready to drop support for ‘opt-in’ if planners agreed to no longer ...
Financial planning
The Federal Opposition has claimed that the super clearing house is costing $177 per transaction due to lack of interest by small business....
Financial planning
Controversy surrounding a key industry fund combined with concern around modern awards may generate a Senate inquiry....
Editorial
The Government needs to consider all sides of the debate as it prepares to release the Future of Financial Advice draft legislation, writes Mike Taylor....
Superannuation
Questions have been asked about why former union officials dominate the make-up of the trustee board overseeing Commonwealth superannuation funds....
Editorial
The Opposition spokesman on Financial Services, Senator Mathias Cormann, unquestionably hit a strong note with financial planners when he late last month told an Associat...
Superannuation
The Federal Opposition has signalled it will force super fund trustees to conduct member ballots on mergers....
Policy & Regulation
The Federal Opposition will be well placed to block the Government's proposed Future of Financial Advice (FOFA) reforms passing through the Parliament next year, accordin...
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