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Financial planning

After seven years of political hand-balling, choice of fund legislation was passed by the Senate last night to become Australian law with the Federal Government set to sp...

Superannuation

The Federal Government has backed down on plans to remove complying pensions from self managed superannuation funds (SMSF) with the addition of a transition allowing use ...

Financial planning

The ideological differences between the Investments and Financial Service Association and the Association of Superannuation Funds Australia, which led to the Federal Gove...

Financial planning

The Federal Government has unveiled the design features of its new market-linked pensions with the Assistant Treasurer, Helen Coonan claiming they will fill a key missing...

Superannuation

Assistant Treasurer Helen Coonan has committed to examining the transitional issues of soon-to-launch market-linked pension products, quelling superannuation industry con...

Financial planning

The Federal Government has given in to long term pressure by lobby groups and the Democrats to offer the same superannuation benefits to same-sex couples in the area of t...

Financial planning

The Federal Opposition is signalling its intention to move even further than the Government in terms of life-time fee disclosure with respect to superannuation....

Financial planning

Deutsche Asset Management chief executive Ross Youngman resigned from the group yesterday and has been replaced by former Westpac Financial Services chief Shaun Mays....

Financial planning

The Government has introduced new rules to reduce effective tax rates on ETPs. KEVIN SMITH examines the changes....

Financial planning

Some say Family Law is boring – but not when the likes of Jodee and Maxine Rich are involved. NABIL WAHHAB reports....

Financial planning

The Financial Planning Association has expressed deep concern at the Federal Government’s decision to allow accountants relief under the Financial Services Reform Act to ...

Financial planning

The Federal Government has outlined its own formula for growing superannuation savings in the face of calls from business groups and the ACTU for Australia’s major politi...

Financial planning

JOHN PERRI looks at what has become law recently, and what is around the corner in 2004....

Superannuation

Australia is heading for a “train wreck” unless it acts to address poor savings habits, according to the results of a report prepared by Canberra-based economic forecasti...

Accounting

The Institute of Chartered Accountants (ICAA) and CPA Australia (CPAA) have urged the Federal Government to bring the superannuation treatment of self employed people in ...

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