GOVERNMENT AND REGULATION

Superannuation

Industry concern that Government may impose a threshold as low as $180,000 for its super changes....

Superannuation

ASFA has called on the industry to debate the true facts of key issues surrounding Australia’s superannuation industry....

Superannuation

SMSFs should be responsible for their wins and losses, which is why there should be no special statutory safety net for them when it comes to fraud, according to Challeng...

Superannuation

Senator Mathias Cormann has called on Minister Bill Shorten to speak up against further taxes on super....

Superannuation

Superannuation executives have come together in advocating against further changes to super before the upcoming Federal election....

Financial planning

Financial Services minister Bill Shorten has acknowledged the public’s desire for super policy to be depoliticised....

Financial planning

APRA’s Charles Littrell argues the case for political bipartisanship on supporting the financial services regulators....

Superannuation

The major political parties have been warned that unnecessarily tinkering with super policy will carry with it significant risk of a negative reaction from those aged ove...

Superannuation

The Government has introduced legislation into Parliament that will require superannuation fund trustess to consolidate multiple accounts that are held by the same member...

ASIC Commissioner Greg Tanzer has called super fund trustees to reinforce the long-term nature of superannuation as an investment, according to ASIC Commissioner, Greg Ta...

Financial planning

The major industry bodies have welcomed the introduction of legislation into Parliament that will enshrine the terms ‘financial planner’ and ‘financial adviser’ in law....

Superannuation

There is a need to differentiate between tinkering in super and genuinely considered policy initiatives, says AIST chief executive, Tom Garcia....

Superannuation

Changes to the legislation around related party transactions for self-managed superannuation funds (SMSF) could see trustees punished for unintentional breaches, accordin...

Financial planning

The Government has tabled legislation in Parliament that will define in law the terms ‘financial planner’ and ‘financial adviser’....

Financial planning

Two bodies will soon regulate financial planners - a serious concern to the FPA....

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