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ANZ Wealth has warned that uncertainty over the form the Government’s intended new retirement income framework will take is making their clients nervous and the industry ...
Superannuation
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority has confirmed that removing the compulsion from insurance inside superannuation for those aged under 25 will have serious i...
Superannuation
Responsibility for the administration and early release of superannuation on compassionate grounds has been transferred to the Australian Taxation Office. ...
Superannuation
The Federal Government’s Budget changes impacting low-balance superannuation fund members could contradict best interests requirements by leaving them worse off....
Financial planning
The Turnbull Government will establish a new $50 million body to advance financial capability which will largely be funded by settlements paid to the Australian Securitie...
Financial planning
The Federal Treasury’s position paper dealing with the Government’s retirement income covenant has specified a positive role for planners in helping develop personalised ...
Policy & Regulation
The Government has announced its candidate for a second deputy chair of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission on the same day it introduced a bill to creat...
Financial planning
The Federal Government has been warned that its legislative changes around housing affordability will have the effect of denying non-residents the right to the Capital Ga...
People & Products
The Turnbull Government has invited the states and territories to support the expansion of the ASIC MoneySmart Teaching program. ...
Superannuation
The Government has released a consultation paper that considers allowing state-run victim compensation schemes to access violent crime perpetrators’ superannuation scheme...
Financial planning
The SMSF Association has pointed to the degree to which the Government’s succession of superannuation budget changes has severely complicated death benefits and estate pl...
Superannuation
The Government has released draft legislation and a consultation paper related to changes to superannuation taxation for public consultation....
Financial planning
The Government has welcomed ASIC’s decision to issue the first batch of licences enabling intermediaries to help small firms to raise funds through crowdfunding....
Policy & Regulation
The Government has opened a request for information to explore solutions for a potential whole-of-government business registry platform....
Policy & Regulation
The major banks have formed a united front to call for a Government-backed inquiry into banking and financial services to remove all uncertainty....
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