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Superannuation

The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) will have stewardship of the SuperStream gateway network for two years, the Treasury has said. ...

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Superannuation

SPAA's Andrea Slattery says member responsibility outweighs need for SMSF compensation scheme. ...

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Financial planning

Assistant Treasurer says legislation is no guarantee that financial products will not fail. ...

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Financial planning

Sinodinos says the Government does not intend to speculate on hypothetical court challenges to FOFA as posed by the ISA. ...

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Superannuation

SPAA continues to reject compensation scheme, claiming it is counter to the philosophy of SMSFs....

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Editorial

As the financial planning industry moves into 2014 it does so in the knowledge that the Abbott Government has delivered on its undertakings to address what it regarded as...

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Financial planning

Government claims its FOFA changes will generate $190 million in costs savings which should be passed through to consumers....

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Superannuation

The Federal Government has disbanded three superannuation advisory bodies established under the former Labor Government....

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Financial planning

The Assistant Treasurer has denied claims by industry funds that changes to FOFA will water down consumer protection....

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Financial planning

Planners still required to provide FDS until FOFA amendments become law....

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Financial planning

The release of draft amendments to FOFA have been welcomed but representative bodies still to pick through the details...

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Financial planning

The Federal Government has released draft FOFA amendments which it will introduce by regulation wherever possible...

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Financial planning

Trio-linked adviser Ross Tarrant has appealed his seven-year ban from the industry, also criticising Labor MP Steve Jones for political point-scoring over the issue....

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Superannuation

Changes to FOFA highlight the need for specialist SMSF advice, according to SPAA....

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Funds management

ASIC has provided relief for mFund settlement Service clients through a class order. ...

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