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 ...

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Superannuation

Federal Opposition seeks declaration from Treasurer on future superannuation taxes....

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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...

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Superannuation

Only some Government concessions around default fund grandfathering may alleviate challenge confronting corporate funds and master trusts....

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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....

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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...

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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...

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Superannuation

Government's default fund legislation passes House of Representatives despite industry and Coalition misgivings....

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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...

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Superannuation

AIST accuses Federal Opposition and retail funds of driving attacks on industry fund governance model....

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Financial planning

AFA signals it will be working to align its Principles of Practice with the outline contained in ASIC consultation paper....

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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...

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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...

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Superannuation

Coalition blames minister for Productivity Commission report which entrenches role of industrial parties in default funds....

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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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