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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