The Federal Government has moved to impose much of its FOFA changes by almost immediate regulation but with significant tightening around conflicted remuneration....
Current tax rules around retirement products are increasingly impinging on the flexibility of retirees, the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia says....
Advisers must look beyond the controversy from the recent Budget and determine what opportunities and risks it offers for their clients, David Glen writes....
Finance Minister, Senator Mathias Cormann claims critics of the Government’s FOFA changes have fallen short on offering viable alternatives....
The Fair Work Commission has formally acknowledged that its default fund selection process has been suspended....
Finance Minister, Senator Mathias Cormann says he’s convinced Senator Arthur Sinodinos will return to the Government’s front bench....
The Minister for Finance, Seantor Mathias Cormann claims vindication on the back of the FOFA findings of the ABC Fact Checking unit....
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...
The FPA has welcomed ASIC and dealer group support for moves to separate product sales and advice....
FSC argues that Government should lift the super preservation age in line with lifting the pension age....
ISA chief executive, David Whiteley, has accused the major banks of lobbying for the return of sale commissions for financial advice....
FPA uses Comm FP’s continuing troubles to restate case for separating product from advice....
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...
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 ...
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...
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,...