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Bill Shorten signals that the Government remains committed to 1 July changes to concessional contribution caps....
Policy & Regulation
Observers attending the parliamentary committees reviewing the FOFA bills are concerned at the absence of the Australian Greens....
Policy & Regulation
The Financial Planning Association has asked the Government to allow a one-year transition timeframe for the implementation of the Future of Financial Advice reforms....
Editorial
If Bill Shorten did not already have enough reason to announce appropriate transition periods for the implementation of FOFA and the Stronger Super legislation, he might ...
Life/Risk
The desire by superannuation fund members to retain small balance accounts to access insurance benefits poses a challenge with respect to auto-consolidation....
Editorial
The Government seems determined to bring on parliamentary debate about the FOFA bills well before the May Budget but, as Mike Taylor reports, Financial Services Minister ...
Financial planning
Australia's key financial planning industry organisations have been heartened by a declaration by NSW independent Rob Oakeshott that he will oppose 'opt-in' when the Gove...
Financial planning
Platform providers have invested around $130 million on new developments in 2011, with MLC Wrap and Navigator platforms receiving the highest ranking from financial plann...
Financial planning
Financial Services Council accuses industrial judiciary of abrogating its responsibility to create a transparent default superannuation funds system....
Financial planning
Financial Services Council accuses industrial judiciary of abrogating its responsibility to create a transparent default superannuation funds system....
Superannuation
Given the Government's push to improve insurance levels in the SMSF sector, Cameron Peck outlines the technicalities and implications of taking out death and permanent di...
Superannuation
SMSF trustees are less confident about reaching their target retirement income than they were a year ago, according to an SPAA study....
Superannuation
The Government's draft changes to limited recourse borrowing arrangements with SMSFs have served to clarify the issue....
Policy & Regulation
Financial Services Minister Bill Shorten has signalled an appropriate implementation period for the Future of Financial Advice changes....
Policy & Regulation
FOFA bills still risk making financial advice more inaccessible, says Financial Services Council's John Brogden....
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