GOVERNMENT

Policy & Regulation

The Federal Government has moved to impose much of its FOFA changes by almost immediate regulation but with significant tightening around conflicted remuneration....

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Superannuation

Current tax rules around retirement products are increasingly impinging on the flexibility of retirees, the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia says....

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Editorial

Advisers must look beyond the controversy from the recent Budget and determine what opportunities and risks it offers for their clients, David Glen writes....

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Policy & Regulation

Finance Minister, Senator Mathias Cormann claims critics of the Government’s FOFA changes have fallen short on offering viable alternatives....

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Superannuation

The Fair Work Commission has formally acknowledged that its default fund selection process has been suspended....

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Financial planning

Finance Minister, Senator Mathias Cormann says he’s convinced Senator Arthur Sinodinos will return to the Government’s front bench....

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Policy & Regulation

The Minister for Finance, Seantor Mathias Cormann claims vindication on the back of the FOFA findings of the ABC Fact Checking unit....

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Superannuation

Claims that tax concessions on superannuation will cost the Government $2 trillion a year are based on inaccurate figures and assumptions the Association of Superannuatio...

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Financial planning

The FPA has welcomed ASIC and dealer group support for moves to separate product sales and advice....

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Superannuation

FSC argues that Government should lift the super preservation age in line with lifting the pension age....

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Financial planning

ISA chief executive, David Whiteley, has accused the major banks of lobbying for the return of sale commissions for financial advice....

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Financial planning

FPA uses Comm FP’s continuing troubles to restate case for separating product from advice....

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Editorial

When Money Management’s sister publication, Super Review, conducted a Post-Retirement and Ageing Forum in Sydney, it served to underline why the superannuation sector nee...

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Superannuation

In the rush to put money in superannuation, other investment vehicles with concessionary tax benefits have been overlooked. Income bonds have become one of the forgotten ...

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Editorial

While both Treasury officials and economic commentators have strongly criticised the cost of superannuation tax concessions, Mike Taylor writes that one of the men who he...

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