PARLIAMENT
Policy & Regulation
Redesigning the Stage 3 tax cuts and increasing the age to access super by five years are among the suggestions from the Grattan Institute to boost revenue. ...
Policy & Regulation
ASIC has increased the number of staff dedicated to cryptocurrency, despite it being unregulated, as high-profile collapses like FTX highlight the dangers of the asset cl...
Funds management
Treasurer Jim Chalmers has warned inflation in Australia “will be worse before it gets better”....
Financial planning
Research from Barclays shows the possibility of a minority government occurring following this week’s election, an outcome that would bring risk to Australian markets....
Superannuation
Liberal MP, Jason Falinski, has used a superannuation Parliamentary hearing to ask why QSuper failed to notify its members of changes to its deed structure following cour...
Financial planning
ACSI is pleased to see the Senate block reforms to proxy advice saying the system had already been working well to deliver quality advice that supports investors and mill...
Financial planning
Following months of discussion and consultation, Treasury has released its final report into the Retirement Income Covenant, stating it is confident superannuation truste...
Superannuation
Pushing matters such as superannuation for housing detracted the Government from serious financial issues during the pandemic, according to Stephen Jones. ...
Financial planning
CHOICE is calling for an industry-funded compensation scheme of last resort to include investment managers, as cases such as the Sterling Group collapse has caused homele...
Superannuation
The prudential regulator has been probed by Senator Andrew Bragg as to whether investments into Industry Super Holdings count as marketing given that it indirectly funds ...
Financial planning
Liberal members Jason Falinski and Tim Wilson have concluded the corporate regulator and industry super funds are beneficiaries of Australians being unable to access fina...
Financial planning
A 100-page statement of advice to satisfy lawyers has been branded as ‘absurd’ from a parliamentarian....
Policy & Regulation
The corporate watchdog is looking at its enforcement settings as priorities have changed but being an active litigant when needed is still on the table. ...
Superannuation
Superannuation funds have confirmed to a Parliamentary Committee that they have directed hundreds of thousands of dollars to Industry Super Australia....
Superannuation
Governments need to think carefully about embracing ideas that would be popular for the polls but would make lives worse, according to AustralianSuper chair, Don Russell....
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The succession dilemma is more than just a matter of commitments.This isn’t simply about younger vs. older advisers. It’...
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It's not licensees not putting them on, it's small businesses (that are licensed) that cannot afford to put them on. The...