SUPERANNUATION TRUSTEES

Financial planning

Not-for-profit superannuation fund trustees have been warned that if they do not agree on fund governance guidelines they risk having them imposed by the Government....

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Superannuation

Australians have the right attitude towards their super, but many are still not aware of the additional services their fund provides, according to research by the Austral...

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Superannuation

The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia wants super funds treated like authorised deposit-taking institutions (ADIs) for AML/CTF purposes....

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Financial planning

ASFA calls for nationally mandated data payment standards, with TFN use just the first step....

Superannuation

A budget submission from the AIST focuses on changes that will ensure all types of income include a superannuation component....

Financial planning

Australia is still lagging behind international standards when it comes to gender diversity on company boards, according to new research from the Australian Prudential Re...

Financial planning

The Government will extend the 'look through' arrangements to ensure there is no CGT applicable on instalment warrants....

Financial planning

The Government’s measured response to the 177 recommendations put forth in the Cooper Review has been broadly welcomed by the industry, with agreement reached on mo...

Policy & Regulation

The industry needs to move beyond telling Treasury why opt-in requirements and banning volume rebates won’t work and start offering solutions to the problems, accor...

Superannuation

AIST offers to work with Coalition to develop bipartisan support for key financial services issues....

Financial planning

Australian investors are becoming dangerously indifferent to the value of good corporate governance....

Funds management

Super funds told to use their bargaining muscle to move away from the existing asset-based fee regime for funds management, which generates substantial fees for managers ...

Financial planning

Industry superannuation funds have signalled they will be continuing their long running campaign against financial planning commissions with Industry Funds Management cha...

Superannuation

More than 80 per cent of industry superannuation funds expect to have some sort retirement solution product in place within the next three years – and half of those expec...

Financial planning

A conference of industry superannuation funds has been warned of the implications of a minority Coalition Government for the not-for-profit sector....

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ASIC has released the results of its first adviser exam to be held in 2025, with 241 candidates attempting the test....

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