Bill

Superannuation

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

Superannuation

Parliament “puts the acid” on underperforming trustees

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...

Policy & Regulation

ASIC wants product sales training powers

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...

Financial planning

FPA suggests risk rating financial products

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

Editorial

Government should tread cautiously on insurance in super

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....

Financial planning

LIF passes lower house

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...