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Superannuation

Government promotion pushes benefits of Household Assistance Package to self-funded retirees....

Editorial

On all the available evidence, the financial services industry is well on its way to finding a remuneration formula capable of meeting both the Government's requirements ...

Superannuation

Sunsuper appears to have filled a gap left by the Federal Government's small business super contributions clearing house with an online employer portal that has attracted...

Superannuation

APRA has taken the unusual step of outlining its MySuper approach ahead of the Government's legislation being passed....

Superannuation

Financial institutions could breach Australia's Privacy Act when complying with the US's proposed Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA), the Association of Superannu...

Financial planning

Financial planning groups will lose the presumption of innocence where volume rebates are concerned....

Superannuation

Opposition seeks assurances from Government that there will be no further superannaution tax tinkering, while pointing to questions on the issue remaining unanswered for ...

Editorial

With Baby Boomers starting to enter retirement, there is a growing realisation that retirement incomes products are insufficient and in need of an overhaul....

Editorial

A Money Management/Association of Financial Advisers forum dealing with the Financial Services Council’s framework on life/risk remuneration uncovered strong feelings and...

Superannuation

Holley Nethercote’s David Court outlines the ATO's 2012-13 SMSF compliance focus and regulatory developments in areas such as insurance and asset valuations....

Superannuation

SMSFs that receive zero interest loans from a fund member may need to unwind the arrangement or deal with the impacts of changing legislation, according to Macquarie Bank...

Superannuation

ASFA urges government to change direction on illegal early release on SMSFs, claiming the problem has diminished....

Superannuation

Government and AIST claim Coalition is positioning to repeal low income super tax breaks....

Superannuation

The prospect of further Government changes to superannuation and the removal of tax breaks currently in place for self-managed super funds (SMSFs) is unthinkable, accordi...

Life/Risk

Regardless of the final shape of the FSC's proposed risk insurance framework, significant change is inevitable for the businesses of risk advisers, according to Guardian ...

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MARKET INSIGHTS

So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

5 months ago

Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...

5 months 1 week ago

Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...

7 months 1 week ago

The FSCP has issued a written direction to an adviser who charged clients “extraordinary fees” for inappropriate and conflicted advice, as well as encouraged them to swit...

2 weeks 1 day ago

ASIC has cancelled the AFSL of an advice firm associated with Shield and First Guardian collapses, and permanently banned its responsible manager. ...

3 weeks 4 days ago

ASIC has confirmed the industry funding levy for the 2024–25 financial year, and how much licensees can expect to pay....

5 days 11 hours ago