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Financial planning

The Australian Shareholders’ Association is fighting the Government’s proposed watering down of the ‘100-member rule’ for placing a resolution on the agenda of a company’...

Financial planning

Women continue to be at a significant disadvantage to their male counterparts when it comes to superannuation, according to financial planning firm Bridges....

Policy & Regulation

One of the major accounting bodies has stepped up its lobbying on superannuation, claiming self-employed people are significantly disadvantaged when it comes to retiremen...

Financial planning

The Government should use its majority in both houses of Parliament to substantially simplify Australia’s superannuation laws....

Financial planning

Using superannuation to defray health care costs is just one suggestion dismissed by the Government, in an almost total rejection of the Senate Select Committee on Supera...

Financial planning

The Federal Government is seeking feedback from the financial services industry following the release today of three proposals to address concerns over its methods for en...

Financial planning

The Association of Superannuation Funds Australia has called for further clarity in the Government’s proposed regulations covering fee disclosure relating to superannuati...

Financial planning

Minister for revenue and assistant treasurer Mal Brough has sought to reassure employers that they will not be unnecessarily burdened by choice of fund requirements, incl...

Financial planning

The Federal Government has announced that it will hold another round of industry consultation on choice of fund, after new draft regulations outlining the implementation ...

Funds management

The Government’s new superannuation co-contribution regime appears to be gaining real traction, with the latest Australian Prudential Regulation Authority data pointing t...

Policy & Regulation

People who commence income stream products from this year face an increased tax burden and a potential fall in the age pension under new Federal Government actuarial life...

Financial planning

Bendigo-based financial planner George Flack has risen above a range of other high profile candidates to win the Money Management Financial Planner of the Year award for ...

Financial planning

The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia has warned the Federal Government that legislation exempting employers from reporting quarterly to employees on their...

Financial planning

The Government’s proposed fee disclosure regulations have been defeated in the Senate, with the Australian Labor Party’s motion to disallow the draft rules passed with th...

Financial planning

Women could be the big winners from the superannuation co-contribution scheme for low income workers, with more than 126,000 expected to have their retirement savings top...

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