TREASURY

Policy & Regulation

Treasury are concerned further reforms to develop a deeper deferred lifetime annuity market may create a tax loophole for planners and product developers said The Actuari...

Superannuation

Australia Institute head calls for Treasury to reveal costs of super versus pension savings....

Superannuation

A survey of mostly industry fund executives and trustees reveals reluctance to see change to super....

Superannuation

The Federal Government's changes to superannuation could result in a significant outflow of funds from the super system as people with high balances seek to avoid the imp...

Editorial

While the gender balance of the executive ranks and company boards of financial services companies remain decidedly slanted, a growing number of women are breaking new gr...

Superannuation

Govt sets tax-free limit of $100,000 and announces a Council of Super Guardians....

Funds management

The final element in the Investment Manager Regime has been released for consultation and includes the reworking of a number of points contained in Elements 1 and 2....

Superannuation

Swan refuses to explain why super changes are being pushed into Budget if they are not aimed at major savings....

Superannuation

Higher superannuation taxes for upper income earners may not be the only thing contained in the Federal Budget....

Superannuation

Coalition Senator, David Bushby questions Heather Ridout’s place on AustralianSuper board and her position on RBA....

People & Products

Treasurer Wayne Swan has recommended the appointment of Wayne Byres as the next chair of the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) to the Governor-General. ...

Financial planning

APRA’s Charles Littrell argues the case for political bipartisanship on supporting the financial services regulators....

Superannuation

A negative return close to retirement can be more detrimental to a client’s savings than one at the beginning of their career. Vivek Prabhu from Perpetual explains how to...

Editorial

Few people in the financial planning industry will have failed to notice, via draft legislation released by the Treasury, that the Federal Government has delivered what w...

Superannuation

Super funds which provide advice around tax want exemption from requirement to register as tax agents....

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