FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

Financial planning

Planners still required to provide FDS until FOFA amendments become law....

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Financial planning

The release of draft amendments to FOFA have been welcomed but representative bodies still to pick through the details...

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Financial planning

The Federal Government has released draft FOFA amendments which it will introduce by regulation wherever possible...

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Financial planning

Planners unsure about FDS provision ahead of month-end deadline ...

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Financial planning

The ICAA believes the Abbott Government’s first budget will more likely focus on spending cuts than tax breaks....

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Superannuation

Challenger has taken a further step into the SMSF sector via an agreement to acquire Bendzulla Actuarial. ...

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Policy & Regulation

IPA claims rules on employee share schemes are stifling innovation....

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Superannuation

Changes to FOFA highlight the need for specialist SMSF advice, according to SPAA....

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Editorial

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

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Policy & Regulation

Federal Government set to deliver pre-election promises with raft of proposed FOFA amendments including grandfathering and opt-in changes....

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Financial planning

Uncertainty around the taxation of trusts is hampering small business and needs to be resolved by the Federal Government...

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Superannuation

A new survey has revealed narrow majority support for making super funds subject to the same rules as publicly-listed companies....

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Superannuation

MySuper model should have covered post-retirement goals instead of lump sum accumulation only....

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Financial planning

Sinodinos signals the Government’s approach to FOFA will be made public before Christmas....

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Editorial

Nobody should be surprised by research released by major insurer TAL suggesting that people are more inclined to resort to the internet and search engines as a primary so...

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