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The superannuation industry has welcomed changes to superannuation included in the Federal Budget but doesn’t believe the Government has gone far enough....
Financial planning
Older Australians and those more educated about super choice are more likely to stay in their existing fund when the new regime is introduced, while the less informed are...
Financial planning
The political fanfare and media frenzy which beset the 2005 Budget announcement, heralding tax cuts on many fronts, unfortunately overlooked blatant omissions from a fisc...
Financial planning
The chief executive of $600 million Tasmanian-based superannuation fund Tasplan, Neil Cassidy, has criticised retail superannuation funds for charging fees and deducting ...
Financial planning
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) has called for smooth passage of the Bill to abolish the unpopular superannuation surcharge, which was introdu...
Financial planning
The Financial Planning Association has warned that consumers’ retirement savings are being put at risk by misleading advertising in the lead up to choice of fund, and ha...
Policy & Regulation
Forestry-based agribusiness investment schemes have received a major fillip, with plans to scrap rules allowing them to bring forward tax deductions put on hold for two y...
Financial planning
The Commonwealth’s Future Fund represents the biggest pay-day for the funds management community since the introduction of compulsory superannuation, but could distort Au...
Superannuation
Web Abstract long compulsory...
Financial planning
A winding back of the superannuation surcharge has emerged as the most likely superannuation initiative to be included in the Federal Budget to be handed down by Treasure...
Financial planning
AMP has released a free financial literacy program intended to increase consumer take-up of financial planning by reducing a perceived “knowledge gap” between consumers a...
Financial planning
Can financial advisers give specific taxation advice? Are they authorised to discuss tax matters with clients at all? Even armed with a new tax ruling that appears to fav...
Financial planning
With the full privatisation of Telstra viewed as likely to compromise the ability of the company’s employees to remain members of the public sector CSS super fund, their ...
Superannuation
Just over a year after the Treasurer, Peter Costello outlined the Government’s landmark retirement incomes policy, the Assistant Treasurer, Mal Brough has released the re...
Financial planning
The major obstacle to Australia becoming a regional centre for funds management has been removed by the Senate’s passage of the New International Tax Arrangements (Manage...
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Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...
Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...