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Superannuation

The Your Future, Your Super bill has now been passed in the Senate and will come into force on 1 July, 2021. ...

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Superannuation

Federal Parliament yesterday passed legislation intended to weed out underperforming superannuation fund trustees, in a move that a major industry body said would “end th...

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Policy & Regulation

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission is arguing that giving it product sales training intervention powers may reduce the need for it to take extreme actio...

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Financial planning

The Financial Planning Association has suggested risk rating financial products to better target consumer protections....

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Editorial

Mike Taylor writes that the Government’s proposals to make it easier for people to opt-out of insurance within superannuation comes with risks which cannot be ignored....

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Financial planning

The Life Insurance Framework bill has passed through the House of Representatives unopposed, even as a Liberal Party member expressed concerns over possible unintended co...

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Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...

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