SUPERANNUATION

Superannuation

New AUSTRAC industry specific guidance to the superannuation industry has suggested super funds can play a role in detecting and monitoring corrupt payments to government...

Policy & Regulation

Major consultancy EY has predicted both challenges and opportunities in the financial services industry in 2019 with all sectors facing greater regulatory scrutiny and fu...

Superannuation

The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority has not waited on passage of Government legislation and has, instead, set new prudential requirements to support an outcome...

Superannuation

While Australia’s agriculture business is a major economic contributor, there’s a lack of superannuation investment in the sector. ...

Superannuation

The superannuation industry is backing Labor superannuation policy and expecting a Labor victory at the next federal poll....

Policy & Regulation

With elements of its superannuation legislation stalled by the Christmas/New Year Parliamentary break the Government has opted to use its regulatory powers to push throug...

Superannuation

The continuing volatility of global share markets is going to be an ongoing concern for super fund members, according to Dixon Advisory. ...

Policy & Regulation

Some of the Government’s most important superannuation policy legislation has remained stranded on the notice paper with Parliament rising until February and an election ...

Superannuation

Industry Super Australia has welcomed the passage superannuation reforms through the Senate this week, but warned that they don’t go far enough to remedy the problem of u...

Superannuation

Financial advice technology firm, Midwinter, has announced its recent partnership with BUSSQ superannuation fund....

Superannuation

Industry Super Australia has called on the opinion of a specialist industrial lawyer to try to prove the Productivity Commission wrong about how default superannuation fu...

Superannuation

The superannuation industry appears split on whether political advertising represents a breach of the sole purpose test, but most believe the test needs changing, in any ...

Superannuation

A new survey has revealed strong support for removing bank-provided “general” advice from the superannuation equation....

Superannuation

Five years on from the introduction of the MySuper default arrangements, Frontier Advisors has warned that adopting a lifecycle strategy can come at the cost a lower bala...

Superannuation

Superannuation funds have no desire to become compulsory third parties to divorce proceedings....

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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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The FSCP has issued a written direction to an adviser who charged clients “extraordinary fees” for inappropriate and conflicted advice, as well as encouraged them to swit...

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ASIC has cancelled the AFSL of an advice firm associated with Shield and First Guardian collapses, and permanently banned its responsible manager. ...

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ASIC has confirmed the industry funding levy for the 2024–25 financial year, and how much licensees can expect to pay....

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