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Editorial

Why planners are in it for the long haul

Given a decade of generally bad publicity for the financial planning sector, it is a wonder that planner numbers have not seriously declined....

Editorial

Keeping our regulators non-political

The executive director of the Revenue Group within the Federal Treasury, Rob Heferen, made a very important point to last month’s SPAA conference in Brisbane: any change ...

Editorial

Whose interests does Industry Super Australia represent?

In case financial planners have not noticed, the Abbott Government’s moves to change FOFA, either by regulation or legislative amendment, has been the subject of a concer...

Superannuation

ISA makes another plea on MySuper

ISA urges the Government not to scrap the MySuper “quality filter” and accuses retail funds of blatantly pushing their agenda. ...

Editorial

FOFA as nothing to a Royal Commission

No one should be surprised by Industry Super Australia CEO David Whiteley's response to the release by the Government of an options-stage Regulatory Impact Statement of i...

Superannuation

ISA compares SMSF and industry fund fees

Industry Super Australia has pointed to new research to highlight fee disparity between SMSFs and industry super funds....

Superannuation

Cooper defends work of super charter group

Cooper defends work of super charter group despite it being “binned” by the new Government....

Superannuation

ISA proposes keeping LISC via PPLS adjustment

ISA’s David Whiteley urges Government to retain LISC and canvasses an adjustment to the Paid Parental Leave Scheme....

Policy & Regulation

ISA critical of low income super changes

Industry Super Australia (ISA) has condemned the new Government’s plan to axe the Low Income Super Contribution (LISC) as part of its repeal of the Mineral Resources Rent...

Editorial

FPA/Cbus deal signals a new approach for planning industry

Mike Taylor writes that the FPA’s referral arrangement with big industry fund Cbus represents yet another indicator that, having lost the war prosecuted by the industry f...

Superannuation

Industry Funds Management rebrands as IFM Investors

IFM states new name is better representation of its work and customers. ...

Editorial

When old scars still pain

The Financial Services Council caused something of a stir in the financial services industry when, at its annual conference in Brisbane, it announced a policy discussion ...