GOVERNMENT AND REGULATION
Financial planning
Bravura Solutions has released the latest version of its private wealth and portfolio administration software to deal with the Government's regulatory changes to the Taxa...
Financial planning
Bravura Solutions has released the latest version of its private wealth and portfolio administration software to deal with the Government's regulatory changes to the Taxa...
Editorial
India is a country with many challenges. It is a democracy of over a billion people, most of whom live in poverty. However, as Shailesh Jain from Lonsec reports, it offer...
Financial planning
Deborah Wixted questions whether provisions of limited relief regarding excess contributions tax could be classified as 'relief'....
Editorial
Prime Minister Julia Gillard recently revealed the degree to which the Government viewed the Industry Super Network as not only a close political ally but also a key sour...
Editorial
History suggests the advantages flowing to industry superannuation funds from the Government’s Future of Financial Advice changes may ultimately prove to be a political l...
People & Products
National Australia Bank (NAB) has announced the appointment of Dr Ken Henry AC to the role of non-executive director....
Superannuation
The Government should amend the tax system to help Australians build their retirement savings, Financial Planning Association (FPA) chief executive Mark Rantall has said ...
Financial planning
Perpetual has announced it will outsource third party provision of portfolio and fiduciary administration services for Private Wealth clients to Macquarie Investment Mana...
Superannuation
The proposed ban on off-market related party transfers for self-managed superannuation funds (SMSFs) "goes against the grain of a simplified superannuation system", accor...
Editorial
David Glen proposes a number of points that the life insurance industry can address during the upcoming Tax Summit - including tax incentives for life policies outside of...
Editorial
Julie Steed looks at the complexities around the waiving of the five-year claw-back for SMSFs....
Editorial
The Government has finally delivered the details of its Stronger Super package but, as Mike Taylor writes, those hoping for certainty may be waiting a very long time....
Editorial
Amid all the discussion around the recent release of the Government’s Stonger Super package, there existed the strong assumption that low-cost, low-fee MySuper products w...
Financial planning
Almost half of financial planners have received soft dollar benefits from businesses other than their dealer group, but only 7 per cent were given incentives valued over ...
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