ICAA urges the Government to provide wider access to tax deductions for personal superannuation contributions. ...

Grandfathering – specifically the transition of pre-existing commission-based advice fees into the new FOFA arrangements – was an industry football that kept getting kick...

It was probably inevitable that within two months of gaining office and with a minimum of fuss, the Coalition Government has sought to undo some of the last legislative a...

Australians need to prepare for at least two decades in retirement as life expectancy increases....

The Financial Services Council has applauded the Government for confirming its commitment to increase the Superannuation Guarantee Charge to 12 per cent as part of its re...

New data shows it was the over-65s who were most optimistic following the election result. ...

Maybe it’s the necessary evil, but superannuation change is not only necessary, it’s also inevitable. Bryan Ashenden states the case. ...

Concern expressed that Budget deficit may see retention of Labor’s move to tax pension earnings in excess of $100,000....

Concerns have been expressed that badly-run SMSFs may yet impose costs on Federal Budget. ...

Newly elected FSC chairman Greg Cooper said the Coalition’s financial services policies would deliver certainty and stability to Australian retirees....

Expert panel advocates finding a concessional caps’ sweet spot and limiting lump sums....

New measures introduced in the 2013 Budget will have an important flow-on effect on insurance in super, writes David Glen. ...

The Shadow Assistant Treasurer, Senator Mathias Cormann, says a Coalition Government would review concessional caps, subject to Budget capability....

There might be some important tax planning that needs to be done between now and 30 June, according to SMSF Academy's Aaron Dunn. ...