BUDGET

Policy & Regulation

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has announced increases in its levy demands on financial planning firms despite substantial increases in funding to b...

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Superannuation

The Federal Government should use the upcoming federal budget to improve protections for super fund members, according to Dixon Advisory....

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Policy & Regulation

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission and the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority have already been identified as major funding winners from next mo...

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Policy & Regulation

The Financial Services Council has called on the Government to finally act on tax relief allowing consumers to be rolled out of legacy financial products....

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Policy & Regulation

Industry organisations and firms have until 1 February to lodge a pre-Budget submission with the Federal Treasury but, thus far, no one actually has....

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Superannuation

The Federal Senate will this week consider the controversial amendment to the Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act first proposed by the then-Treasurer Scott Morriso...

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Superannuation

New research from SuperRatings has found that it is smaller superannuation funds which will be most impacted by the Government’s Budget changes to the treatment of low ba...

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Superannuation

The Federal Government’s Budget changes impacting low-balance superannuation fund members could contradict best interests requirements by leaving them worse off....

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Superannuation

The SMSF Association’s auditor members are concerned about the details of the proposed Budget changes and the effects on their audit businesses....

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Policy & Regulation

The Federal Treasurer, Scott Morrison has sent a clear signal that the Government won’t be tinkering with the superannuation guarantee in next week’s Budget....

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Superannuation

A new survey has confirmed superannuation industry concerns that the Government’s Budget measures will serve to reduce post-retirement incomes....

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Superannuation

The 2017/2018 Federal Budget has little good news for SMSF trustees and administrators, according to BGL Corporate Solutions....

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Superannuation

The most controversial changes to super proposed in the Federal Budget such as the $500k lifetime limit have not been mentioned in the first tranche of draft legislation,...

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Policy & Regulation

Federal Treasurer, Scott Morrison, is maintaining his stance that there can be no concessions around the $500,000 concessional cap in the absence of real Budget savings....

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Financial planning

Sticking with the current rules on non-concessional contribution caps could lead to paying double tax in the future, according to CFS....

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