FEDERAL OPPOSITION

Superannuation

Opposition ridicules Shorten’s efforts to establish a committee to advise on the establishment of a Council of Super Custodians. ...

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Editorial

An important statistical snippet came to light during the hearings into legally enshrining the terms ‘financial planner/adviser’ – nearly 50 per cent of planners/advisers...

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Superannuation

Treasury officials have briefed the industry on the legislation to remove super tax concessions to upper-income earners....

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Superannuation

The Govt’s move on super tax concessions for high income earners from the last Budget has finally made it into legislation....

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Superannuation

Hockey and Cormann claim there are no guarantees the Government won’t make further changes to super in the May Budget....

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Superannuation

The Minister for Financial Services, Bill Shorten, has claimed the budget bottom line is not driving Labor superannuation policy....

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Superannuation

Coalition Senator, David Bushby questions Heather Ridout’s place on AustralianSuper board and her position on RBA....

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Superannuation

APRA has signaled an important difference in view on superannuation fund governance to that expressed by the Federal Opposition and the Financial Services Council. ...

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Financial planning

The FPA hopes the Government will introduce legislation to the Parliament this week enshrining the term ‘financial planner/adviser’....

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Financial planning

Suncorp confirms Vero is applying a ‘selective’ approach to approving directors and officers insurance to planning groups....

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Superannuation

Coalition urges industry to help stop Government’s super tax changes before they occur because there are no guarantees post-Budget....

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Superannuation

Coalition meets with senior industry figures and extends its commitments on super policy. ...

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Superannuation

Cormann rejects Shorten assertion that Coalition is positioning to scrap 12 per cent SG...

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Superannuation

Cormann claims Government needs to spell out its real intentions on super taxes....

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Editorial

Mike Taylor writes that with the Government again having signalled the likelihood of change to Australia’s superannuation regime, its persistent fiddling continues to und...

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