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Financial planning

Praemium has announced that its separately managed account (SMA) platform has been signed up to the Government’s Significant Investor Visa (SIV) scheme....

Financial planning

As it continues its discussions with industry, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has extended the commencement of upcoming disclosure benchmarks...

Financial planning

Specialist life insurer NobleOak has announced the launch of a new product aimed at the SMSF market....

Superannuation

In just one week, inactive super accounts with under $2000 will be sent to the ATO....

Superannuation

ASFA reflects views of industry by maintaining its opposition to an industry levy to pay for AUSTRAC....

The Opposition first won and then lost the passage of legislative amendments which would have forced independent directors onto industry fund boards....

Editorial

Jack Flader, the US lawyer named as being connected to the Trio/Astarra collapse, now knows what it is like to be thrashed with a damp lettuce leaf. ...

Financial planning

The inclusion of specific funding for the Tax Practitioners Board sees the FPA writing to the Government for another extension....

Financial planning

The ATO has been funded to crack-down on the use of trust structures to avoid tax....

Financial planning

The Federal Budget has receive only a lukewarm response from the financial services industry despite the Government limiting its changes to superannuation to those announ...

Financial planning

As expected, the Government has limited its Budget support for the financial services regulators....

Financial planning

The Government has sought to use the Federal Budget to close off what it describes as a tax loophole that has allowed investors to indulge in so-called ‘dividend washing’...

Financial planning

In a move that was flagged ahead of the Budget and will please some sections of the financial services industry, the Government has moved to make deferred lifetime annuit...

Superannuation

The FPA is hoping for minimal change around super taxes in this evening’s Budget. ...

Superannuation

The SMSF Professionals’ Association of Australia has come out in support of the Government’s announced charter group as an initial step in the establishment of a Council ...

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