FEDERAL OPPOSITION
Financial planning
Mathias Cormann, David Whiteley and John Brogden to debate MySuper implications in Sydney next week at a joint Money Management/Association of Financial Advisers thought ...
Superannuation
Federal Opposition seeks declaration from Treasurer on future superannuation taxes....
Superannuation
The Federal Opposition has claimed a victory over the Minister for Financial Services, Bill Shorten, by extracting amendments to MySuper legislation which prevents accrue...
Superannuation
Only some Government concessions around default fund grandfathering may alleviate challenge confronting corporate funds and master trusts....
Editorial
The Government claims it has delivered on the Productivity Commission’s default fund recommendations, but Mike Taylor writes that the devil is in the detail....
Editorial
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) last week released its consultation paper Future of Financial Advice: Approval of codes of conduct for exempti...
Superannuation
The Federal Opposition has questioned the motivations behind the Government's decision to fund an Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) push to encourage...
Superannuation
Government's default fund legislation passes House of Representatives despite industry and Coalition misgivings....
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...
Superannuation
AIST accuses Federal Opposition and retail funds of driving attacks on industry fund governance model....
Financial planning
AFA signals it will be working to align its Principles of Practice with the outline contained in ASIC consultation paper....
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
Key sections of the financial services industry have lamented the Productivity Commission's failure to open up the default funds arena to more competition by removing man...
Superannuation
Coalition blames minister for Productivity Commission report which entrenches role of industrial parties in default funds....
Superannuation
APRA says it will leave it to superannuation funds and trustees to sort out any conflicts flowing from multiple directorships....
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