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Policy & Regulation

Industry superannuation funds have reinforced the fact that lifting the Superannuation Guarantee to 12% has already been legislated amid suggestions that the Government’s...

Financial planning

Providing advice with respect to Self-Managed Superannuation Funds is complex and something deserving deeper analysis than the current review of the Tax Practitioners Boa...

Financial planning

The Code Monitoring Authority established by the major financial planning associations will be ready to roll if, and when, it gains sign-off from the Australian Securitie...

Financial planning

The Financial Planning Association, Association of Financial Advisers and other professional association backers will today lodge a formal application with ASIC to operat...

People & Products

Policy head, Jordan George, has announced he has resigned from his role at the SMSF Association which he held for the past seven-and-half years, effective 23 August....

Policy & Regulation

The SMSF Association is promoting its SMSF Specialist Advisor designation course as being both cheaper and more effective than pursuing Financial Adviser Standards and Et...

Financial planning

Intense lobbying by financial advisers has made Federal parliamentarians aware of their problems with the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority regime but unce...

Superannuation

The SMSF Association has thrown its support behind the Australian Securities and Investments Commission decision to disqualify or add conditions to 17 auditors of self-ma...

Policy & Regulation

The SMSF Association has backed giving the Tax Practitioners Board more disciplinary powers, arguing tax practitioners should not be sheltered from change or greater scru...

Financial planning

The Financial Services Council has called on the Government to use a review of the Tax Practitioners Board to align and streamline the financial planner regulatory regime...

Superannuation

The SMSF Association has appointed self-managed super fund specialist adviser, Scott Hay-Bartlem, to its board from 1 July....

Financial planning

SMSF members who deliberately hold an APRA-regulated fund for life insurance are at risk of losing this benefit if they fail to act before legislation comes into play in ...

Features

Mike Taylor writes that the new assistant minister for Superannuation, Financial Services and Financial Technology will find some urgent matters sitting in her portfolio ...

Policy & Regulation

Industry bodies have applauded the Government’s appointments to the Treasury, stating it is a ‘clear indication’ of the strategic focus being placed on financial services...

Financial planning

The Financial Planning Association and the Association of Financial Advisers have formed a joint taskforce to help guide the future of life/risk commissions....

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