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Policy & Regulation

The FSC says the Government’s FOFA changes announcement means its time to end the scare-mongering. ...

Policy & Regulation

The Federal Government has moved to impose much of its FOFA changes by almost immediate regulation but with significant tightening around conflicted remuneration....

Superannuation

Current tax rules around retirement products are increasingly impinging on the flexibility of retirees, the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia says....

Editorial

Advisers must look beyond the controversy from the recent Budget and determine what opportunities and risks it offers for their clients, David Glen writes....

Policy & Regulation

Finance Minister, Senator Mathias Cormann claims critics of the Government’s FOFA changes have fallen short on offering viable alternatives....

Superannuation

The Fair Work Commission has formally acknowledged that its default fund selection process has been suspended....

Financial planning

Finance Minister, Senator Mathias Cormann says he’s convinced Senator Arthur Sinodinos will return to the Government’s front bench....

Policy & Regulation

The Minister for Finance, Seantor Mathias Cormann claims vindication on the back of the FOFA findings of the ABC Fact Checking unit....

Superannuation

Claims that tax concessions on superannuation will cost the Government $2 trillion a year are based on inaccurate figures and assumptions the Association of Superannuatio...

Financial planning

The FPA has welcomed ASIC and dealer group support for moves to separate product sales and advice....

Superannuation

FSC argues that Government should lift the super preservation age in line with lifting the pension age....

Financial planning

ISA chief executive, David Whiteley, has accused the major banks of lobbying for the return of sale commissions for financial advice....

Financial planning

FPA uses Comm FP’s continuing troubles to restate case for separating product from advice....

Editorial

When Money Management’s sister publication, Super Review, conducted a Post-Retirement and Ageing Forum in Sydney, it served to underline why the superannuation sector nee...

Superannuation

In the rush to put money in superannuation, other investment vehicles with concessionary tax benefits have been overlooked. Income bonds have become one of the forgotten ...

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