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Editorial
When the chief executive of the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA), Pauline Vamos, last week issued a release clearly aimed at countering adverse rep...
Superannuation
The amount needed for retirees to fund their post-work lifestyle continues to increase, albeit slowly, according to the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia R...
Superannuation
The Self-Managed Superannuation Fund Professionals' Association has denied self-managed superannuation funds are being oversold by financial planners and accountants....
Financial planning
It is important not to take legislation such as the recent round of superannuation reforms to parliament without first forming an industry consensus, according to Ministe...
Superannuation
Dominant trustees can create issues for SMSFs unless appropriate strategies are put in place....
Financial planning
ASFA has backed moves by the Government to make directors of 'phoenix' companies personally liable for any unpaid superannuation contributions....
Editorial
Claudine Siou investigates some superannuation benchmarks that will help ensure clients enjoy a comfortable retirement....
Policy & Regulation
Superannuation fund trustees have urged the Government to provide more time and certainty for the transition to a Stronger Super and FOFA regime....
Editorial
The sole purpose test has governed the operations of Australian superannuation funds for nearly two decades but, as Mike Taylor reports, it may require some reinterpretat...
Financial planning
The Government's recent Stronger Super announcement states it will be phasing out the option to hold 'own occupation' Total and Permanent Disability (TPD) insurance polic...
Financial planning
ASIC has been told its class order relief on intra-fund advice might have been better used if it had been available to related entities....
Superannuation
ASFA calls for a graduated approach by the ATO on the basis that not all SMSF trustees are equally active....
Financial planning
ASFA urges better clarity on FOFA legislation to ensure planners are not exposed to vexatious litigation over scaled advice and best interests....
Superannuation
Superannuation funds should be subject to the same corporate governance requirements as publicly listed companies....
Editorial
The Government’s Stronger Super policy package is positioned to deliver on MySuper and the other Cooper Review reforms but, as Mike Taylor reports, there remains consider...
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Podcast
This verdict highlights something deeply wrong and rotten at the heart of the FSCP. We are witnessing a heavy-handed, op...
Interesting. Would be good to know the details of the StrategyOne deal....
It’s astonishing to see the FAAA now pushing for more advisers by courting "career changers" and international recruits,...