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Superannuation
Contributions into APRA-regulated funds fell by $1 billion in the September quarter, with the biggest drop seen in discretionary contributions....
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
The new superannuation environment that will evolve out of the Government's MySuper changes will be debated at a special Money Management/Association of Financial Adviser...
Superannuation
Superannuation industry bodies and Minister Shorten have welcomed the passage of the third tranche of the MySuper laws....
Superannuation
The Financial Services Council (FSC) has welcomed legislation that supports fund mergers through an exemption on capital gains tax (CGT)....
Superannuation
Australians and New Zealanders can consolidate their Australian and New Zealand earned retirement savings after the Federal Government passed the trans-Tasman retirement ...
Financial planning
The financial services industry has generally welcomed the Federal Government's announcement of market integrity rules covering high frequency trading and dark pools....
Financial planning
The Federal Government has moved to review the financial market licensing regime in the context of not only high frequency trading but other changes in the financial serv...
People & Products
AIST chief executive Fiona Reynolds will leave her position to take on a new role as managing director for the UNPRI in London....
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
With ASIC's Peter Kell pointing to a level of life insurance policy churning to warrant regulatory concern, it is time for a clear definition of 'churn'....
Life/Risk
The Financial Services Council (FSC) is understood to be close to reaching a compromise on its so-called Life Insurance framework which, if agreed, would give advisers a ...
Life/Risk
RGA Reinsurance Company managing director Pauline Blight-Johnston will join AMP from May next year, replacing Ian Campbell in the role of director wealth protection and m...
Financial planning
Synchron director Don Trapnell has called the FSC's proposed adviser remuneration model anti-competitive....
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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