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The superannuation guarantee and strong economic and stock market performance have raised the average amount each Australian holds in managed funds to $45,300, far more t...
Policy & Regulation
The assistant treasurer, Mal Brough, has rejected Labor’s call for a phasing out of the contributions tax for people earning $40,000 to $100,000 a year, stating that any ...
Financial planning
ASFA has expressed concern that the Federal Government's new industrial relations laws will not enshrine superannuation as a key employment condition beyond June 30, 2008...
Financial planning
The chief executive of $600 million Tasmanian-based superannuation fund Tasplan, Neil Cassidy, has criticised retail superannuation funds for charging fees and deducting ...
Editorial
Australia’s ageing population is having a significant impact on both Government policy development and the superannuation industry. Richard Block explains the dynamic....
Financial planning
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia has warned the Federal Government that legislation exempting employers from reporting quarterly to employees on their...
Superannuation
Rudy Haddad finds out what ‘gainfully employed’ really means....
Financial planning
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC), the Australian Prudential Regulatory Authority (APRA) and the Australian Tax Office (ATO) will walk away from...
Financial planning
The Federal Opposition has sought to take control of the superannuation debate by renewing its promise to reduce the contributions tax to 13 per cent at the same time as ...
Life/Risk
By structuring the ownership of personal life insurance policies via superannuation, it may be possible to fund such premiums from pre-tax earnings, says Andrew Lowe....
Financial planning
The superannuation sweeteners announced by the Government in the May budget have been passed by the Senate, while more fundamental reforms, such as a reduction in the sur...
Financial planning
Head of van Eyk research Steven van Eyk has been named as one of the most influential people in financial services today and rubs shoulders with other industry figures al...
Superannuation
We’ve been called the lucky country. For a while we aspired to be the smart country. Are we now at risk of becoming the country that never retires?...
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So shareholders lose a dividend plus have seen the erosion of value. Qantas decides to clawback remuneration from Alan ...
This is why I left my last position. There was no interest in giving the client quality time, it was all about bumping ...
So the Hayne Royal Commission has left us with this. What a sad day for the financial planning industry. Clearly most ...