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Superannuation

Multiple superannuation fund directorships and default funds under modern awards seen as key omissions from Stronger Super....

Superannuation

The Government’s Stronger Super package has generated a mixed response from the industry....

Superannuation

The Government's Stronger Super package imposes opt-out arrangements on consolidation of multiple superannuation accounts....

Superannuation

With the Government expected to release its Stronger Super formula, it has been urged to thereafter stop tinkering with super policy....

Financial planning

OnePath national technical manager Graeme Colley has clarified exactly what constitutes a repair under the Australian Taxation Office's (ATO's) recent draft ruling on lim...

Life/Risk

ASIC has permanently banned a Tasmania-based insurance agent from providing financial services after being convicted of fraud offences....

Policy & Regulation

The FPA has expressed concern that lack of clarity in the FOFA legislation could undermine practice valuations....

Superannuation

The Government has used Medicare and the ATO to begin promoting its Small Business Superannuation Clearing House....

Policy & Regulation

The AFA has released a position paper claiming FOFA has been hijacked and is failing to meet its original objectives....

Policy & Regulation

Platform provider netwealth has launched a new online service which the company said would help financial advisers prepare for the upcoming Future of Financial Advice cha...

Financial planning

The gap between the Newstart allowance and the age pension is rapidly increasing, placing Australians who are at the bottom of the ladder in serious financial stress, acc...

Policy & Regulation

The Government's opt-in rules amount to "third-party meddling in contract enforcement situations," according to Minter Ellison partner, corporate, mergers and acquisition...

Editorial

The use by Industry Super Network (ISN) of research and surveying organisations to help prosecute its agenda with respect to financial planning represents the transfer of...

Editorial

Lack of investor engagement with superannuation is a widespread issue. Bill Buttler provides guidance on fee comparison for retail investors, and argues standardised meas...

Editorial

The Government’s Stronger Super policy package is positioned to deliver on MySuper and the other Cooper Review reforms but, as Mike Taylor reports, there remains consider...

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