MYSUPER

Financial planning

Low-cost, simple financial advice should be incorporated into MySuper and the costs bundled along with overall superannuation costs, according to Mercer....

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Financial planning

Survey reveals strong push for Govt to restore concessional contribution caps to pre-2009 level....

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Financial planning

The Assistant Treasurer and Minister for Financial Services and Superannuation, Bill Shorten, has told financial planners that there is no need to compete with the intra-...

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Superannuation

As MySuper forces trustees to look at catering to the masses with their default fund, many will look to lifecycle investing to meet members’ needs....

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Superannuation

The provision of financial advice with respect to MySuper is not entirely off the agenda, according to the chairman of the Government’s Stronger Super peak consultative g...

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Financial planning

Opposition reacts to Government’s response to Cooper by alleging protection of union and industry fund interests....

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Editorial

The Assistant Treasurer and Minister for Financial Services, Bill Shorten, has outlined some of the Government's policy agenda, including a commitment to MySuper but, as ...

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Superannuation

Shorten has issued an assurance that the shape of MySuper is not a fait accompli....

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Financial planning

With the issue of the nation's Government seemingly settled for now, FoFA reforms and Cooper Review recommendations will likely go ahead en masse, according to according ...

Superannuation

The Government embraced a modified MySuper as a central element of its election policy but, as Mike Taylor reports, there remain plenty of reasons why the concept should ...

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Superannuation

Chant West principal Warren Chant has claimed MySuper will fail to deliver better returns because it does not offer good value....

Superannuation

Shadow treasurer Joe Hockey has yet to commit to the Opposition's stance on an increase in the superannuation guarantee from 9 to 12 per cent, and has also taken aim at J...

Policy & Regulation

Financial Services Council chief executive John Brogden has argued that the Cooper Review’s MySuper proposals will be unnecessary if the FOFA changes are implemente...

Financial planning

Several super fund experts at an ASFA briefing in Melbourne have questioned the relevance of intra-fund advice, claiming that the public demand for personal advice was gr...

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Superannuation

The Government has promised further discussions with the industry around the recommendations of the Cooper Review but is focusing primarily on MySuper and SuperStream....

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

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

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ASIC has suspended the Australian Financial Services Licence of a Melbourne-based financial advice firm....

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The corporate regulator has issued infringement notices to three AFSLs whose financial advisers provided personal advice to a retail client while unregistered....

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ASIC has released the results of its first adviser exam to be held in 2025, with 241 candidates attempting the test....

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