FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

Financial planning

The superannuation choice of fund proposal has been on the Federal Government’s to do list since the Coalition came to power in 1996. And while the Government considers i...

Financial planning

The changes to retirement income streams put in place by the Federal Government on September 20 last year was met with a short-lived flurry of activity. ...

Policy & Regulation

From time to time, the trust deed of a superannuation fund or other trust may be amended. In some circumstances, the changes to the trust deed may result in a new trust b...

Financial planning

Time is running out in the Federal government’s push to get choice of fund through Parliament in this sitting, though it remains confident of a deal with the Australian D...

Financial planning

In April the Federal Government released a draft to industry of its bill changing the investment standards for superannuation funds (see <I>Money Management</I> May 13). ...

Financial planning

The Federal Government has recently introduced a bill into parliament which could have wide ranging effects on self managed superannuation funds. Nick In-gram takes a loo...

Financial planning

Commission disclosure for life insurance products is no stranger to controversy. Gareth Cosslett asks if the latest battle, concerning two pieces of key financial service...

Superannuation

The Federal Government has moved to amend legislation which could have frozen some investment earnings on income streams for retirees. The move by the Government follows ...

Financial planning

The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has called on the Federal Government to provide advisers with capital gains tax exemptions while the industry adjusts to the new ...

Financial planning

Trustee companies are confident their protests over certain types of trusts will not fall on deaf ears in the Federal Government when con-sidering Ralph Review proposals ...

Financial planning

Australia's drive to become a global financial services centre has received sev-eral boosts in the past few weeks. Firstly, the Federal government announced in the budget...

Funds management

New rules on the taxation of friendly society bonds has created "a window of opportunity" for sales, according to IOOF group taxation manager Tony Jacobs....

Financial planning

After eleven months of uncertainty, financial advisers now have a clearer indi-cation as to how the changes to the investment rules for superannuation funds, announced in...

Financial planning

Instalment warrants have been around for little more than two years, but they are fast becoming a force to be reckoned with....

Financial planning

A recent study has found that financial advisers are less aware of their Y2K than they ought to be. John Desmond outlines the findings of the survey and the impact of the...

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