FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

Financial planning

The Federal Government and Opposition have both overlooked some vital areas in their proposed superannuation changes, according to a report compiled by RiceWalker Actuari...

Financial planning

The Federal Government is likely to accept Senate amendments to the Superannuation Safety Amendment Bill when it is returned to the House of Representatives following min...

Financial planning

The Federal Government and Opposition have given only qualified commitments to review taxation on superannuation in the wake of the Association of Superannuation Funds Au...

Financial planning

The Federal Government has issued a reminder there are only three months before the new Financial Services Reform regime takes effect and is urging practitioners to apply...

Financial planning

The Federal Government has used the last sitting day of Parliament this year to introduce legislation backing the latest iteration of the Corporate Law Economic Reform Pr...

Life/Risk

The Federal Government is accusing both the Federal Opposition Australian Labor Party and the Australian Democrats of creating greater uncertainty in the insurance market...

Financial planning

The Federal Government is undertaking to release within two weeks the draft regulations and operating standards which will apply to the licensing of superannuation truste...

Financial planning

The Federal Government has accused the Australian Labor Party of pilfering its superannuation policies, following yesterday’s announcement by the Opposition of the first ...

Financial planning

An ageing Australia will provide financial planners with greater opportunities. Julie Bennett reports....

Financial planning

The Federal Government’s push to reduce the superannuation surcharge and expand government co-contributions bore fruit as the Senate passed both measures yesterday after ...

Financial planning

The combination of industry associations lobbying Government over the issue of amending elements of the Financial Services Reform Act (FSRA) have now formally presented t...

Financial planning

Pressure is mounting on the Federal Government to amend elements of the Financial Services Reform Act (FSRA) following the unprecedented pooling of industry lobbying powe...

Editorial

What can you do to help protect your client’s assets following a marital breakdown? John Mazzotta says the answer may lie in binding financial agreements (BFAs)....

Superannuation

Super splitting laws were supposed to make life easier for divorcing clients – but as Nabil Wahhab reports, when they are reviewed in conjunction with binding death nomin...

Financial planning

The Federal Government will today gazette amended superannuation portability regulations after having reached agreement with the Australian Democrats on the consolidation...

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