GOVERNMENT

Superannuation

Australians face a shortfall in retirement savings, and may have to accept lower living standards or bump up their savings though contributions....

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Financial planning

The Industry Super Network has commissioned another poll that backs its claims on the need for planners to be legally required to act only in the best interests of their ...

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Financial planning

The removal next month of the Government’s wholesale funding guarantee is not expected to create any thaw for frozen mortgage funds....

Financial planning

The Government’s bank guarantee, introduced at the height of the crisis, will be withdrawn at the end March....

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Editorial

With the war for talent in the financial services sector set to resume in the wake of the global financial crisis, some are arguing that the only way to develop the indus...

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Editorial

The Government’s broader spin machine appears to be positioning the electorate for the news (hardly surprising) that while the Henry Tax Review may be in the business of ...

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Financial planning

Canberra-based super fund AvSuper has been granted relief to provide intra-fund advice but is sticking with its outsourced full financial planning arrangement with Outloo...

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Superannuation

The Government needs to support Australians who plan on funding their own retirement as a rapidly ageing population threatens to put enormous strain on public coffers, ac...

Policy & Regulation

Businesses are at risk of being taxed on 'potential' rather than 'actual' benefits should proposed changes to Division 7A of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936 be finalis...

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Policy & Regulation

The National Institute of Accountants (NIA) has called on the Government to ease requirements on self-managed super funds (SMSFs) and phase out the contributions tax in i...

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Financial planning

In lobbying the Government in the lead-up to this year’s Budget, the Financial Planning Association (FPA) has repeated its calls for an increase in the superannuation gua...

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Financial planning

The current employer selected default fund model for super should be replaced with a fully member choice driven model rather than a national default fund, says GESB....

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Financial planning

In response to the latest Intergenerational Report, the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) and the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (A...

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Financial planning

The Government will look to raise workforce participation by increasing the Age Pension age and investing $43 million – measures that will address challenges the Australi...

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Financial planning

The Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) has repeated its call for a lifting of the superannuation guarantee to 12 per cent in light of the findings of su...

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