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The Federal Government has received a mixed response to the financial services and superannuation initiatives evolving out of its Mid-Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook (MY...
Superannuation
Lawyer warns Productivity Commission recommendations just add more bureaucracy, cost and possible disadvantage for funds....
Editorial
APRA and Australian Bureau of Statistics data suggest the Government’s constant tinkering with superannuation is undermining confidence in the sector....
Superannuation
The Productivity Commission has denied its final report mirrors a submission endorsed by Financial Services Minister Bill Shorten, and has pointed to key points of differ...
Superannuation
New research released by KPMG has underlined the degree to which super funds have extended their reach via their scale, technology and the use of social media....
Accounting
Barry Lambert confirms SMSFs represent a major motivator for accountants to utilise special financial advice licensing....
Editorial
The trouble with APES 230 is that it goes much further than FOFA, with a prohibition on commissions and the elimination of asset-based fee arrangements....
Superannuation
Key sections of the financial services industry have lamented the Productivity Commission's failure to open up the default funds arena to more competition by removing man...
Financial planning
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) has claimed that tricky drafting of the legislation delivering MySuper has effectively infringed the property and income right...
Superannuation
The rules around the release of the Productivity Commission report into default funds under modern awards means the Government is under no obligation to rush its release....
Superannuation
Federal Opposition insists on key amendments to MySuper legislation to prevent automatic transfers where members have previously actively chosen default investment option...
Superannuation
Information on fees is the largest member knowledge gap across all kinds of super funds, according to Investment Trends research commissioned by QSuper....
Superannuation
Govt warned its MySuper legislation may actually represent interference in valid investment decisions made by super fund members....
Superannuation
There are close to one million voters who are SMSF members who would object to further regulation of the sector, SISFA has warned....
Superannuation
Government promotion pushes benefits of Household Assistance Package to self-funded retirees....
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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,...