If financial planners were given a choice between the model underpinning the Superannuation Complaints Tribunal and that underpinning the Financial Ombudsman Service, wha...

Actuaries Institute recommends creation of commission to oversee financial systems policy and decide on policy conflicts....

The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) is pushing all taxpayers with offshore assets to declare their interests before it starts a global clampdown on tax evasion....

While the quantum of overseas shares held in SMSFs has been increasing, it is still miniscule as a percentage of total SMSF assets. ...

Slater & Gordon has launched a campaign to encourage “ordinary Australians” to track down lost super....

New legislation that empowers the tax office to hand out reformist penalties to SMSF trustees who inadvertently break the law has been praised by SPAA....

SPAA has argued the self-managed super fund levy could come down substantially after recent government measures saw the clearing of the tax amendments backlog....

The FSC has warned that around 500,000 people could have their superannuation-related insurance impacted by lifting the lost-member super threshold to $6000....

New legislation has lifted the penalty regime around illegal early release super schemes....

The Australian Taxation Office is cracking down on non-lodging self-managed super funds, declaring them as non-persons if they do not lodge two or more returns....

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

ASIC warns property spruikers to steer clear of SMSFs or risk action over providing unlicensed product advice. ...

The ATO has pointed to a $1 million penalty imposed by the Federal Court as a strong reason for agricultural MIS promoters to obey the rules. ...

Government warned significant insurance benefits could be lost if the small account super threshold is lifted to $4000 and then $6000....