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Superannuation

Federal Women’s Minister, Kelly O’Dwyer, today announced a raft of policies intended to boost superannuation for women as the Government looks to act on financial gender ...

Financial planning

Industry Super Australia has objected to exempting personal financial advice from product design and distribution obligations, arguing planners need to be held responsibl...

Financial planning

Industry funds body, Industry Fund Services has admitted to the Royal Commission that it, too, had to deal with its planners receiving conflicted remuneration including g...

Superannuation

Industry Super Australia has declared political advertising to be the democratic right of superannuation fund trustees....

Superannuation

Industry Super Australia has strongly disagreed with Grattan Institute analysis that the superannuation guarantee does not need to rise to 12 per cent....

Financial planning

Industry Super Australia has accused the Government of caving into the retail banks and the wealth management sector in allowing ‘carve-outs’ from the design and distribu...

Superannuation

Industry Super Australia is urging the Government to legislate to compel employers to pay the superannuation guarantee at the same time they pay wages to overcome continu...

Financial planning

Industry Super Australia has accused elements of the retail advice sector of lobbying to water down the rules around personal advice and product distribution....

Superannuation

Super funds could provide capital for growth to small to medium-sized businesses, complementing more traditional capital sources such as banks, a new discussion paper has...

Policy & Regulation

Industry Super Australia has reportedly pulled its ‘fox in the henhouse’ advertising just weeks after funding was questioned during the Royal Commission into Misconduct i...

Superannuation

Industry super funds are working together to make consolidating multiple accounts easier for members, announcing a new initiative that should save eligible members an ave...

Superannuation

Key superannuation industry bodies have welcomed the Government’s decision not to proceed with increasing the Age Pension access age to 70 as “a big win for older Austral...

Superannuation

The Royal Commission has been told how Industry Super Australia received $500,000 from AustralianSuper for the ‘fox in the henhouse’ television advertising campaign after...

Superannuation

Industry Super Australia has said closing the superannuation gender gap will take more than ASIC’s financial literacy efforts....

Superannuation

The Royal Commission will examine the status of the industry funds ‘fox in the henhouse’ advertising campaign....

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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 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...

1 week 5 days ago

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

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

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