TREASURY
Editorial
Bill Shorten has fuelled criticisms of the Government from within the financial services sector by appearing to pre-empt the findings of the Productivity Commission....
Financial planning
The Government has outlined a range of changes to give APRA greater scope to take pre-emptive action....
Superannuation
Financial Services Council tells Productivity Commission the Government's preferred approach on default superannuation funds is based on incorrect information....
Financial planning
The ATO has reconfirmed that interest payments are not an essential feature of a loan, potentially opening the door for zero-interest related party loans to self-managed ...
Superannuation
Submissions to the Productivity Commission the reveal depth of the divide between government and industry on default funds....
Superannuation
Major superannuation funds argue that all the beneficiaries of SuperStream should pay for its implementation....
Superannuation
The Government has been taken to task over failure to deliver on details necessary to appropriately design MySuper products....
Superannuation
Treasury has outlined the details of its administrative penalties regime for trustees of SMSFs, which will apply from 1 July, 2013....
Financial planning
The Opposition says the Government is trying to short-circuit the Productivity Commission by establishing a formal position ahead of its findings....
Financial planning
The Government needs to release details on how grandfathering will apply to MySuper to allow super companies time to fit in with legislation, says CSSA President Douglas ...
Financial planning
Concerns have been raised about the ever-shrinking independent dealer group sector and the potential impacts on the advice provided to clients in the future....
Superannuation
Amid the ATO's confirmation that it will again be focusing on trusts, the Institute of Chartered Accountants has called for a simpler tax regime....
Financial planning
Financial Services Council chief executive John Brogden has lobbied Washington for an intergovernmental agreement to resolve the FATCA debate....
Editorial
With FOFA having passed both the House of Representatives and the Senate, all eyes in the financial services industry will now be turned to ASIC and the consequent shape ...
Financial planning
Dimensional Fund Advisors' Gerard O’Reilly believes the focus of retirement planning should move from savings in the abstract to consumption planning....
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