FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

Superannuation

The SMSF Association has called on both sides of politics to commit themselves to overarching goals for superannuation and to avoid tinkering with superannuation for shor...

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Editorial

The industry funds are seeking to play the consumer protection card in their defence of the default funds under modern awards regime but the real beneficiaries of the sta...

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Financial planning

After this week’s leadership challenge the Federal Government will not waste political capital championing changes to FOFA according to the AFA....

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Funds management

The Council of Financial Regulators is set to conduct its second review of competition in the clearing of Australian cash equities in three years....

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Superannuation

The Senate has passed a bill that abolishes duplicative payslip reporting provisions in superannuation legislation, a move the Federal Government says will reduce red tap...

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Superannuation

The Australia Institute has pointed to the danger of a blow-out in the cost of the tax concessions granted to super....

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Superannuation

AIST urges Government not to adopt Board of Taxation’s recommendations lifting the super payment threshold for low income workers to $1350 a quarter....

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Financial planning

There is a significant risk of fragmentation when implementing FSI recommendations, a regulation expert at Minter Ellison said....

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Superannuation

Frydenberg commits to changing an SG Charge regime described as “unnecessarily harsh”....

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Financial planning

The major industry funds groups want ASIC to receive better budgetary resourcing to regulate financial planners....

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Financial planning

The FPA will drop its efforts to enshrine 'financial planner' under law claiming it would be automatically protected if recommendations from the PJC are adopted by the Fe...

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Funds management

Legal firm Hall and Wilcox is concerned Australian fund managers will find it tough to implement the new premium investor visa....

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Policy & Regulation

Minister for Finance, Senator Mathias Cormann, declares the Government is still working to agree more “non-contentious” FOFA refinements....

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Financial planning

SPAA is pleased the Federal Government will include qualifications and professional association membership of financial advisers in the register, albeit not until March 2...

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Policy & Regulation

Labor will support Govt FOFA changes on grandfathering and other key elements....

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