SUPERANNUATION FUNDS
Financial planning
Confusion appears to be the outcome of the Government's failure to answer questions about the provision of intrafund advice in the latest tranche of Stronger Super draft ...
Superannuation
The Auditor-General has warned that the ATO's interpretive decisions on SMSFs carry less legal weight than interpretive decisions on tax matters....
Superannuation
According to APRA's superannuation overview for March 2012, total contributions have risen from the March 2011 quarter, although employers are stepping up for members who...
Editorial
The dust has well and truly settled on the Federal Budget but, as Liz Westover writes, the Government needs to accept that its actions have served to confuse Australians ...
Financial planning
ASIC has confirmed it has increased its efforts to better understand the inner workings of the financial planning industry by recruiting from within the sector....
Superannuation
ASFA suggests money to fund the ATO on Stronger Super may not meet cost/benefit benchmarks....
Editorial
In the wake of concerns about APRA's handling of the collapse of Trio Capital it has emerged that the regulator has little or no idea how well superannuation funds perfor...
Superannuation
The Financial Services Council is concerned about how monies levied to fund SuperStream will be spent....
Superannuation
APRA admits it does not collect data on how long superannuation funds take to administer rollovers and has no view on what might represent best practice....
Funds management
ASFA has welcomed government reforms, including the Significant Investor visa, which aims to encourage foreign investment into innovation....
Superannuation
The same timing problems which impacted FOFA are now impacting MySuper....
Superannuation
The Treasury has invited consultation on its proposal to provide merging APRA-regulated superannuation funds with the option to roll over tax losses to the receiving enti...
Superannuation
The median growth superannuation fund was up for the fourth consecutive month despite fears over economic stability in Greece and growing concerns that the country may le...
Financial planning
The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) has prosecuted more than 1,500 people for tax and superannuation offences so far this financial year....
Superannuation
Industry super funds move to provide more transparency around remuneration ahead of Government-imposed obligations....
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