pre-budget submission

Financial planning

FAAA calls for $10k PY candidate support payments

In its pre-budget submission, the FAAA has proposed a government assistance package that could see up to 1,000 financial advice practices receive $10,000 each for hiring ...

Policy & Regulation

FSC calls for Budget relief on legacy product rollovers

The Financial Services Council has called on the Government to finally act on tax relief allowing consumers to be rolled out of legacy financial products....

Superannuation

Has the Govt eroded incentives for super saving?

The Federal Government has been told that recent changes to superannuation have effectively eroded the incentives for people to use superannuation as a savings vehicle....

Superannuation

Govt warned against Budget super tax tinkering

The Federal Government has been urged to give its 2016 Budget super tax changes time to work or risk making Australian retirees significantly worse off....

Superannuation

Lack of policy coordination generating ‘perverse’ outcome

The SMSF Association has urged the Government to better coordinate pension and superannuation policy in the forthcoming Budget to eliminate ‘perverse’ outcomes....

Superannuation

Warning on Age Pension and preservation ages

Industry funds group, the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees has warned that raising the superannuation preservation age could lead to a blow-out in involunt...