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Financial planning

The Federal Opposition is signalling its intention to move even further than the Government in terms of life-time fee disclosure with respect to superannuation....

Financial planning

40 per cent of Australians earning between $30,000 and $50,000 would participate in the Government’s proposed $3 for $2 superannuation co-contribution scheme, according t...

Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC), the Australian Prudential Regulatory Authority (APRA) and the Australian Tax Office (ATO) will walk away from...

Financial planning

Industry groups and associations have provided a mixed response to last night’s Federal Budget announcement with some stating the 2004/05 Budget will boost retirement sav...

Superannuation

Self-managed superannuation funds (SMSFs) have been hit by a surprise in the Budget which will require accumulation funds to allocate all contributions and fully vest ben...

Policy & Regulation

Superannuation industry figure Barbara Smith has on the eve of the Federal Budget urged Treasurer Peter Costello to remove some of the taxes on super funds because they a...

Financial planning

The Federal Opposition last week criticised the Government’s policy encouraging children to open superannuation accounts, launched during the last Federal election with m...

Financial planning

Some say Family Law is boring – but not when the likes of Jodee and Maxine Rich are involved. NABIL WAHHAB reports....

Financial planning

JOHN PERRI looks at what has become law recently, and what is around the corner in 2004....

Financial planning

The Federal Government has outlined its own formula for growing superannuation savings in the face of calls from business groups and the ACTU for Australia’s major politi...

Financial planning

The Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) has appointed a deputy chief executive officer John O'Shaughnessy, following the recent decision by the then depu...

Superannuation

Australia is heading for a “train wreck” unless it acts to address poor savings habits, according to the results of a report prepared by Canberra-based economic forecasti...

Financial planning

Proposed detail on the new market-linked income stream products, otherwise known as ‘growth pensions’, to be available from September 20 this year was released by Ministe...

Financial planning

The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) and the Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) had “constructive” talks on Friday and will meet ...

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...

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