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Financial planning

FPA welcomes extension to tax regime exemption

The Financial Planning Association has welcomed the announcement by Assistant Treasurer David Bradbury exempting financial planners from the taxation services regime unti...

Superannuation

Government warned on superannuation tax fallout

With the Government virtually certain to change superannuation tax arrangements in the Budget, the industry and the Opposition are continuing their warnings....

Superannuation

Govt should adopt FSC governance policy: John Brogden

Superannuation funds "should be as transparent as listed companies", says Financial Services Council chief executive John Brogden....

Superannuation

Cavendish outlines likely consequences of Budget's super changes

Cavendish has sought to explain the consequences of the Government's expected Federal Budget move to increase the superannuation contributions tax on wealthier Australian...

Superannuation

Federal Budget's superannuation move may have unintended consequences

Accountants warn of Federal Budget superannuation move impacting on retirement incomes' self-sufficiency....

Superannuation

Superannuation to take priority in year-end tax strategies

Superannuation is usually the biggest talking point for most advisers during tax season. Concessional contribution caps will certainly be top of mind this year given the ...

Editorial

Why financial planners need friends in high places

If the financial planning industry has learnt one lesson from the FOFA process, it is the vital importance of political activism, writes Mike Taylor....

Superannuation

SMSFs and financial services regulation

David Court delves into the reasons why SMSFs are financial products, and the licensing implications that flow from having that status. A later article will examine the d...

Superannuation

Govt's superannuation tinkering based on old data

The Government has no reasons based on equity to alter the taxation arrangements applying to superannuation, according to the Association of Superannuation Funds of Austr...

Editorial

Will Bill Shorten deliver on his FOFA promise?

In the lead up to the Federal Budget it remains to be seen whether the Minister for Financial Services, Bill Shorten, will deliver on legislating the restricted use of th...

Financial planning

Flying high to regulate

APRA reveals just how much it costs to travel and regulate....

Editorial

Why the eurozone is busy going backwards

Austerity plans all over the world – and especially in Europe – are worsening government finances while inflicting misery, writes Michael Collins....

Editorial

ISN advertising reflects good financial advice

Financial planners should take heart that the Industry Super Network appears to have changed the 'messaging' contained in its television advertising....

Superannuation

Bill Shorten and Mathias Cormann in super war of words

The Coalition commits to more superannuation change if it gains Government....

Editorial

The balancing act of SMSF auditors

If auditors are, indeed, the eyes and ears of the regulators in the SMSF sector, Liz Westover writes that the new auditor registration regime will prove to be crucial as ...