Govt funds ATO and ASIC to tighten rules around SMSFs....

Government tidies up excess contributions’ unintended consequences....

The managing director of a small Melbourne financial planning practice has written a letter to Financial Services Minister Bill Shorten, outlining the devastating effect ...

With less than a week to go before the Treasurer, Wayne Swan, hands down his fourth Federal Budget, the financial services industry should be wary of a Government that ha...

The Federal Government has recommended Greg Medcraft be appointed the new chairman of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission....

Private infrastructure will become more appealing as a hedge against volatility and inflation, with indebted governments also looking to private sector investment....

The Federal Government is expected to announce a number of key changes in the May Budget aimed at overcoming what are regarded as unintended consequences around the so-ca...

The Government has been warned of both cost and tax implications from banning all risk commissions within superannuation....

Some trustees have called for SMSFs to be included in the compensation arrangements relating to the Trio Capital/Astarra collapse but, as Mike Taylor writes, a high price...

New AFA research has confirmed FOFA risks escalating Australia's underinsurance problems....

The Federal Government hopes to introduce amendments to the income tax law to codify the tax treatment of sovereign investments....

Accountants could receive legal professional privilege similar to that of lawyers under a new initiative by the Federal Government....

The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) has reiterated its calls for the Federal Government to enshrine the term 'financial adviser/planner' in legislation, but in sl...

David Shirlow takes a look at the Government's concessional superannuation contribution changes and what they mean for clients....