STRONGER SUPER
Editorial
Amid all the discussion around the recent release of the Government’s Stonger Super package, there existed the strong assumption that low-cost, low-fee MySuper products w...
Superannuation
New governance standards for superannuation funds may still fall short of demands for greater transparency....
Policy & Regulation
While the majority of self managed superannuation fund (SMSF) professionals believe the proposed Future of Financial Advice (FOFA) changes will improve the standard of fi...
Superannuation
The AFA has warned the Government's Stronger Super package remains flawed because financial planners were not given a voice....
Financial planning
Downplaying the role of small business and the impact policies such as Stronger Super will have on the sector is of grave concern to the Institute of Public Accountants....
Superannuation
The Government’s Stronger Super package has generated a mixed response from the industry....
Superannuation
The Government's Stronger Super package imposes opt-out arrangements on consolidation of multiple superannuation accounts....
Financial planning
Within days of the Government's expected release of its Stronger Super proposals it has been warned it risks creating an industry fund monopoly....
Editorial
The Government’s Stronger Super policy package is positioned to deliver on MySuper and the other Cooper Review reforms but, as Mike Taylor reports, there remains consider...
Financial planning
The proposed merger of Asset Super and Care Super has come about in part to help reduce the regulatory burden of the Stronger Super regime, according to Asset Super chief...
Superannuation
ASFA has moved to extend its education services to SMSF trustees....
Editorial
When you discover, more than two years after the event, that you’ve stuffed up a policy initiative, such as Stronger Super, you really owe it to the electorate to f...
Superannuation
The Government has announced a three-month extension of the capital gains tax (CGT) rollover relief for merging superannuation funds, but at the same time ruled out the p...
Superannuation
The superannuation industry needs to work together on reform issues or risk the government making decisions for them, Stronger Super chair Paul Costello has warned....
Financial planning
An index measuring the after-effects of capital gains tax has been launched by the FTSE Group and the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA)....
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