Assistant Treasurer Bill Shorten has been accused of protecting industry superannuation funds and handing them an edge in the provision of financial advice....
Detail is still missing from recently announced draft Future of Financial Advice reforms, and the 2012 implementation dates for some changes are too soon for industry par...
The Government has finally delivered the details of its Stronger Super package but, as Mike Taylor writes, those hoping for certainty may be waiting a very long time....
Amid all the discussion around the recent release of the Government’s Stonger Super package, there existed the strong assumption that low-cost, low-fee MySuper products w...
The AFA has warned the Government's Stronger Super package remains flawed because financial planners were not given a voice....
The Government’s Stronger Super package has generated a mixed response from the industry....
The Government's Stronger Super package imposes opt-out arrangements on consolidation of multiple superannuation accounts....
The Government’s Stronger Super policy package is positioned to deliver on MySuper and the other Cooper Review reforms but, as Mike Taylor reports, there remains consider...
Introducing compulsory opt-in requirements for financial advice while also requiring a collective fee to be paid by superannuation fund members for personal advice create...
ISN chief executive David Whiteley has claimed all retail super fund balances should be transferred to MySuper products from 1 July 2015....
The Rock Building Society Limited and MyState Limited have announced they intend to merge by way of a scheme of arrangement with Rock shareholders....
While the industry funds laud the FOFA legislation, the key financial planning groups maintain their rage against opt-in....
The Federal Government may have made its intentions for the proposed MySuper regulations reasonably clear, but many industry participants are still unsure about the best ...
Stronger Super chairman Paul Costello has told delegates at a Financial Services Council/Deloitte lunch the debate around MySuper needs to shift from cost back to quality...
Low-cost, simple financial advice should be incorporated into MySuper and the costs bundled along with overall superannuation costs, according to Mercer....
Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...
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....