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Superannuation

It’s too early to tell what the outcome will be for proposed superannuation reform with so many election scenarios still possible, according to several major indust...

Superannuation

The Coalition’s superannuation policy released this week has drawn mixed reviews, with several major industry bodies expressing disappointment at the policy for bei...

Financial planning

Two major superannuation bodies have called for the Government to maintain its commitment to gradually raise the superannuation guarantee to 12 per cent....

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Financial planning

APRA has recommended superannuation trustees adopt a suitable classification process to ensure members can distinguish between the characteristics of each investment stra...

Financial planning

Three out of four Australian workers support a rise to 12 per cent in the superannuation guarantee, according to an AIST survey....

Financial planning

The financial services industry has given the Federal Government’s response to the Henry Review of Taxation a mixed welcome, with most welcoming the proposed changes to s...

Financial planning

The financial planning industry has been warned that the industry superannuation funds campaign against commission-based remuneration will not be ended if planning groups...

Financial planning

The Cooper Review's focus on making superannuation administration more efficient has won industry support....

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Financial planning

ASFA has pointed to the additional $10 billion a year being paid into superannuation accounts - on top of the 9 per cent super guarantee - as evidence that workers are pr...

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Financial planning

Industry superannuation funds have acknowledged that the remuneration scrutiny directed at financial planners will ultimately shift to salaries paid to super fund executi...

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Financial planning

The Commonwealth Bank has urged an extension of the intra-fund advice relief to financial planners arguing they are better qualified to meet the needs of members than tru...

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Financial planning

Parent companies of investment conglomerates and financial corporations should create smaller group structures and be made directly responsible for their subsidiaries' ac...

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Superannuation

The Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees has called for stronger regulation of advisers to SMSFs and highlighted the need for funds to be fully regulated under...

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Financial planning

Superannuation association industry bodies have urged the Cooper Review, in a joint submission, to reconsider its superannuation recommendations contained in the review's...

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Financial planning

In response to the latest Intergenerational Report, the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) and the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (A...

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