Despite welcoming the Government's decision to defer the proposed ban on off-market transfers between SMSFs and related parties where a market exists, SPAA continues to l...
The SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia is continuing to advocate tighter legislative controls around off-market transfers, despite the Government's decision to ...
Industry experts believe proposed legislation and a new licensing regime will give way to like-for-like cost comparisons between SMSFs, industry and retail superannuation...
Confusion appears to be the outcome of the Government's failure to answer questions about the provision of intrafund advice in the latest tranche of Stronger Super draft ...
With the FOFA, Stronger Super and MySuper reforms finally taking shape, the financial services industry has a clearer picture of what the future holds, writes Chris Kenne...
Legislation allowing greater powers for the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority in dealing with superannuation fund directors has been passed through the House of ...
From his conversations with financial advisers, TAL Limited’s Jim Minto has identified three game-changing topics....
The Coalition commits to more superannuation change if it gains Government....
If auditors are, indeed, the eyes and ears of the regulators in the SMSF sector, Liz Westover writes that the new auditor registration regime will prove to be crucial as ...
The financial services industry may be obliged to dig deeper to fund the implementation of the Government's Future of Financial Advice changes as well as its Stronger Sup...
The Federal Opposition has pointed to the presence of an HSU official on a superannuation fund board as a good reason for changes to corporate governance....
David Court outlines some common queries that arise out of the new rules for investment in personal use assets....
The decision to follow the Cooper Review's recommendation to pursue a Total Annual Expense Ratio (TAER) regime may prove counter-productive in terms of better informing s...
The Federal Opposition has welcomed the FSC's higher corporate governance standards and has vowed to legislate for higher standards if it gains office....
Freya Purnell takes a closer look at what life after Stronger Super might bring to the superannuation sector....
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,...