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Policy & Regulation

Concern around timing of FOFA bills debate

The absence of key independent Bob Katter emerges as a concern as the FOFA bills loom for debate....

Editorial

Will FOFA hold up to parliamentary scrutiny?

Mike Taylor writes that the dissenting reports produced within the Parliamentary Joint Committee reviewing the FOFA bills will ensure the key points are thoroughly debate...

Financial planning

Count Financial announces platform savings

Count Financial is delivering platform savings and other benefits in the wake of its acquisition by the Commonwealth Bank....

Financial planning

ASIC reviewing platform regulation

Platform providers might be required to disclose their selection criteria for financial products included on their investment menu....

Policy & Regulation

Canny financial planners prepare for post-FOFA world

Financial planners may well be resistant to the Government's two-year opt-in, but many are already putting in place the paperwork necessary to establish the arrangement w...

Policy & Regulation

FPA and AFA lobby on FOFA key issues

Both the FPA and AFA have distilled their lobbying on FOFA to sets of key issues and vow to maintain the fight....

Financial planning

Project Wickenby snares white collar criminals

Two white-collar criminals have received more severe sentences as a result of a crackdown by Project Wickenby....

Superannuation

Superannuation following Stronger Super

Freya Purnell takes a closer look at what life after Stronger Super might bring to the superannuation sector....

Superannuation

FSC sets high bar on superannuation corporate governance

Member companies of the FSC will adhere to corporate governance standards higher than many believe are being met by industry super funds....

Policy & Regulation

FOFA lobbying intensifies

Financial planning industry awaits announcements from Financial Services Minister, Bill Shorten, while lobbying around FOFA amendments intensifies....

Superannuation

Contributions cap amendment doesn't go far enough, says SPAA

The SPAA has come out strongly against the Government's changes to the concessional contributions regime, saying it "falls short of a workable solution"....

Superannuation

SMSF slowdown due to Government policy

A slowdown in the establishment of new SMSFs may be due to a lack of consumer confidence in the Government's retirement savings policy, according to SMSF Academy managing...

Policy & Regulation

ISN's David Whiteley backs flexible implementation of FOFA

The Federal Opposition has warned of Parliamentary force on FOFA changes, while the ISN's David Whiteley has backed the flexible implementation of FOFA....

Financial planning

CPA Australia warn of anti-avoidance impacts

CPA Australia warns of uncertainty generated by Government's tightening of anti-avoidance provisions....

Financial planning

Government to provide relief on excess contributions

The Government has tabled a bill that will give individuals the option to have excess concessional contributions of $10,000 or less refunded from their superannuation acc...