The Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees has questioned whether SMSFs are appropriately pulling their weight in meeting the costs of regulatory supervision....
The Financial Services has given the Federal Budget a mixed reaction, welcoming some changes and condemning others as misdirected....
Long-serving Energy Super chairman, Bob Hendricks, has announced his retirement after 21 years on the board....
Financial planners and their clients face an inevitable period of uncertainty at a time of continuing volatility if the Government moves for a double dissolution election...
The Government has been warned super will become an election issue if Budget super tax changes are not based on fairness....
The Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees has argued the legislation underpinning the LIF is 'relatively feeble' and wants tougher action to eliminate commissio...
The FSC, AIST, ASFA and ISA have all welcomed the Government’s move to enshrine superannuation in legislation, and hoped this would bring certainty to super policies. ...
AIST has rejected the Government’s proposal to reducing the CGT exemption for super funds, saying it will hit retirement savings....
The AIST has opposed calls by an unnamed industry group to allow low-income earners to opt out of compulsory super, saying it would adversely affect two million Australia...
While super reforms are important to help close the gender gap in retirement income, there are other external issues to super that have a greater impact, according to AIS...
Legislating for non-profit superannuation funds’ boards to be made up of one-third independent directors would be a backward step, the AIST believes....
The AIST called for transparency on ASIC’s industry funding model, cautioning against any decision-making until a cost recovery impact statement was available. ...
Accountants have welcomed the Government’s proposal to reduce the SG late payment penalty, believing the penalty is unreasonable....
The Government’s proposal to reduce the penalty for late SG payments will dilute consumer protection, according to AIST....
Despite Australia’s gender pay gap worsening women are still being taxed the same as men in superannuation....
So shareholders lose a dividend plus have seen the erosion of value. Qantas decides to clawback remuneration from Alan ...
This is why I left my last position. There was no interest in giving the client quality time, it was all about bumping ...
So the Hayne Royal Commission has left us with this. What a sad day for the financial planning industry. Clearly most ...