PARLIAMENT

Financial planning

Following months of discussion and consultation, Treasury has released its final report into the Retirement Income Covenant, stating it is confident superannuation truste...

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Superannuation

Pushing matters such as superannuation for housing detracted the Government from serious financial issues during the pandemic, according to Stephen Jones. ...

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Financial planning

CHOICE is calling for an industry-funded compensation scheme of last resort to include investment managers, as cases such as the Sterling Group collapse has caused homele...

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Superannuation

The prudential regulator has been probed by Senator Andrew Bragg as to whether investments into Industry Super Holdings count as marketing given that it indirectly funds ...

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Financial planning

Liberal members Jason Falinski and Tim Wilson have concluded the corporate regulator and industry super funds are beneficiaries of Australians being unable to access fina...

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Financial planning

A 100-page statement of advice to satisfy lawyers has been branded as ‘absurd’ from a parliamentarian....

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Policy & Regulation

The corporate watchdog is looking at its enforcement settings as priorities have changed but being an active litigant when needed is still on the table. ...

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Superannuation

Superannuation funds have confirmed to a Parliamentary Committee that they have directed hundreds of thousands of dollars to Industry Super Australia....

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Superannuation

Governments need to think carefully about embracing ideas that would be popular for the polls but would make lives worse, according to AustralianSuper chair, Don Russell....

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Financial planning

Plenty of financial advisers provide administrative assistance to clients to help them with their investments but, according to the Australian Securities and Investments ...

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Financial planning

The Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority has signaled to a Parliamentary Committee that further adjustments to the adviser code of ethics was possible beyond ...

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Financial planning

Affected clients will be among the first to know when licenses detect advisers who have done the wrong thing under new legislation to go before Parliament....

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Financial planning

Financial advisers looking for certainty around the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority exam timetable are faced with the reality that Parliament is fast run...

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Superannuation

SuperConcepts has launched a campaign for Parliament to enshrine the objective of the super system, calling for both a legislated definition and a mechanism to ensure it’...

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Superannuation

Industry Super Australia has called on politicians to put super fund members’ interests above politics in Parliament this week and debate and pass proposed laws to improv...

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