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Women could be the big winners from the superannuation co-contribution scheme for low income workers, with more than 126,000 expected to have their retirement savings top...

Financial planning

The Federal Government is claiming a victory with respect to the implementation of its superannuation co-contribution scheme, quoting Australian Taxation Office figures i...

Financial planning

The Federal Election may be over but the Assistant Treasurer Mal Brough has indicated he has no intention of relaxing his approach to the Federal Opposition’s superannuat...

Superannuation

The Federal Government has moved quickly after its October 9 election win to clear the way for the implementation of its retirement incomes policy and has launched a disc...

Financial planning

The financial services industry has been given three short weeks by Minister for Revenue and Assistant Treasurer Mal Brough to comment on a consultation paper which will ...

Financial planning

The Coalition has made a $21 million pledge towards improving financial literacy standards as both parties scramble for voter sentiment on the eve of the Federal Election...

Financial planning

The Federal Government has pronounced that its co-contribution superannuation scheme could deliver 10 to 30 times the benefit to low income earners over the Opposition’s ...

Financial planning

Australia and the United States of America will seek to further integrate their respective financial services sectors through a series of scheduled talks between the Fede...

Superannuation

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Financial planning

Complying pensions within SMSFs have been given a year long reprieve after widespread industry and community protest. Jason Spits looks at how the change came about and w...

Financial planning

The Federal government will channel an extra $11 million into the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority over the next financial year, financed through widespread lev...

Financial planning

The Federal Government has unveiled the design features of its new market-linked pensions with the Assistant Treasurer, Helen Coonan claiming they will fill a key missing...

Financial planning

The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has announced a deal to integrate their educational CD-Rom Dollarsmart program into the high school curriculum as well as plans t...

Financial planning

The Federal Opposition last week criticised the Government’s policy encouraging children to open superannuation accounts, launched during the last Federal election with m...

Financial planning

The Federal Government has outlined its own formula for growing superannuation savings in the face of calls from business groups and the ACTU for Australia’s major politi...

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