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’...
Women continue to be at a significant disadvantage to their male counterparts when it comes to superannuation, according to financial planning firm Bridges....
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...
The Government should use its majority in both houses of Parliament to substantially simplify Australia’s superannuation laws....
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...
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...
The Association of Superannuation Funds Australia has called for further clarity in the Government’s proposed regulations covering fee disclosure relating to superannuati...
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...
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 ...
The Government’s new superannuation co-contribution regime appears to be gaining real traction, with the latest Australian Prudential Regulation Authority data pointing t...
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...
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 ...
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia has warned the Federal Government that legislation exempting employers from reporting quarterly to employees on their...
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...
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...
This verdict highlights something deeply wrong and rotten at the heart of the FSCP. We are witnessing a heavy-handed, op...
Interesting. Would be good to know the details of the StrategyOne deal....
It’s astonishing to see the FAAA now pushing for more advisers by courting "career changers" and international recruits,...