FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

Superannuation

New data released by AMP Limited has confirmed the adverse impact of the Federal Government having lowered superannuation concessional contribution caps....

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Superannuation

Ever since the Trio Capital scandal, the message has been clear: SMSFs are on their own and defenceless against fraud. But as Andrea Slattery explains, SMSFs indeed have ...

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Editorial

The Federal Treasurer Wayne Swan and the Treasury must shelve any plans they may have to alter the superannuation tax regime to achieve a Budget surplus, warns Mike Taylo...

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Superannuation

ASFA urges the Government to extend the ATO's ability to use administrative penalties with respect to SMSFs....

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Superannuation

The prospect of further Government changes to superannuation and the removal of tax breaks currently in place for self-managed super funds (SMSFs) is unthinkable, accordi...

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Superannuation

Self-Managed Super Fund Professionals' Association warns Government against further superannuation tinkering to bolster its promised Budget surplus....

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Superannuation

Government's Super Roundtable told lifting superannuation guarantee to 12 per cent will significantly reduce retirement incomes shortfall....

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Superannuation

New FSC research reveals Australians must work longer to bridge a $1 trillion retirement savings gap....

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Superannuation

Major superannuation funds argue that all the beneficiaries of SuperStream should pay for its implementation....

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Superannuation

The Government has been taken to task over failure to deliver on details necessary to appropriately design MySuper products....

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Financial planning

Calls made for Royal Commission on alleged rort "low doc" home loans amid claims they are the equivalent of "liar loans"....

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Superannuation

There has been an increasing focus on advice around aged care and support services, with the announcement of the Federal Government's aged care reforms....

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Editorial

Mike Taylor writes that the reputational damage often suffered by the financial planning industry might be substantially reduced if regulators and the media were a little...

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Financial planning

Rountable questions why the Government takes so long on financial services legislation but acts with speed in imposing substantially higher levies....

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Editorial

The difficulty in getting new property development projects off the ground over the last five years has not just had implications for investors, but also for the supply o...

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