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The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia has urged transition to a mandatory superannuation forecasting regime, arguing a voluntary approach has proven ineffe...
Policy & Regulation
The Minister for Financial Services, Chris Bowen, has signalled the likelihood of further tax changes impacting investment and funds management in the Federal Budget....
Financial planning
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA), the Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) and the Finance Sector Union (FSU) have welcomed the...
Financial planning
The Office of the Privacy Commissioner has signalled it will not be opposing the use of TFN matching to aid in the consolidation of superannuation accounts....
Funds management
Investors fled from hedge funds during the crisis, but in an environment with less competition and more opportunities, the remaining players are worth reconsidering, acco...
Financial planning
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia has warned the Government it needs to ensure it does not unnecessarily disadvantage companies providing super clearin...
Financial planning
A focus on broader superannuation policy has left a number of the technically challenging details introduced in the Better Super package unresolved, particularly where co...
Financial planning
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) has called on the Federal Government to increase the Superannuation Guarantee (SG) to 12 per cent....
Policy & Regulation
Russell Investments has appointed a specialist in after-tax investment strategies, with the group preparing its clients for the “post-Cooper Review world”....
Financial planning
In what represents a largely unprecedented move, both APRA and ASIC have moved against Trio Capital and its Astarra super funds and managed investment schemes....
Financial planning
BT Financial Group has used its submission to the second phase of the Cooper Review to argue for cost reductions at the same time as calling for equity on intra-fund advi...
Financial planning
ASFA has urged the Cooper Review to separate out advice fees in relation to super and to eliminate commission-based remuneration....
Financial planning
The Institute of Actuaries has disagreed with a central thrust of the Cooper Review – the emergence of a smaller industry made up of mega-funds....
Life/Risk
Employer master trusts are expected to make the most significant gains in market share for insurance premium income in the next 15 years, at the cost of premium income fo...
Financial planning
AIST warns against the 'dumbing down' of existing balanced super funds and a potential worsening of the underinsurance problem; ASFA calls for legislative support to impr...
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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....