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The Federal Government will move to override state laws in order to give employees on state based employment awards the option to choose their own superannuation fund....
Financial planning
A year after the implementation of the financial services reforms, planners are struggling to absorb the costs of compliance, particularly for statements of advice. Advis...
Life/Risk
The need for insurance has never been greater, with personal debt at historically high levels. Credit continues to grow at an annualised rate of around 13 per cent, while...
Financial planning
Mercer Human Resources Consulting is urging the Federal Government to raise the pension age from 65 to 67 and to reduce the taxation rate paid by superannuation funds as ...
Accounting
The financial planning and fund management industries will push for accountants to be expelled from a Financial Services Reform Act exemption, claiming they will oversell...
Financial planning
Women continue to be at a significant disadvantage to their male counterparts when it comes to superannuation, according to financial planning firm Bridges....
Financial planning
The Federal Government will kick off the multi-million dollar awareness campaign surrounding choice of superannuation fund in April....
Financial planning
Treasurer Peter Costello has lambasted calls for superannuation savings to be cashed out and used by first home buyers to finance housing deposits....
Financial planning
The Government should use its majority in both houses of Parliament to substantially simplify Australia’s superannuation laws....
Financial planning
The Federal Government has given the strongest indication yet that it will scale back some aspects of the Financial Services Reform Act, with parliamentary secretary to t...
Financial planning
The Federal Government has topped up the retirement savings of low to middle income earners by $244 million in the 19 months since the introduction of the superannuation ...
Financial planning
The Federal Government is seeking feedback from the financial services industry following the release today of three proposals to address concerns over its methods for en...
Financial planning
Mercer Human Resources Consulting has secured Australia’s biggest actuarial name, with David Knox joining its Melbourne-based superannuation consulting division this week...
Financial planning
The Federal Government has announced that it will hold another round of industry consultation on choice of fund, after new draft regulations outlining the implementation ...
Policy & Regulation
People who commence income stream products from this year face an increased tax burden and a potential fall in the age pension under new Federal Government actuarial life...
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Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...
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....