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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