Industry fund MIESF has unbundled withdrawal fees from its administration fees which could add significant costs for some members....
The FSC has opposed further regulation of licensed trustee companies following proposals put forward by CAMAC with regards to charitable trusts....
Super contribution cap welcomed for older workers but slug on higher earners is disincentive and adds complexity to system...
The Federal Government is updating its super calculator to reflect increases to the SG. ...
ASFA reflects views of industry by maintaining its opposition to an industry levy to pay for AUSTRAC....
The Opposition dismisses as “hysterical” the reaction to its decision to extend the phase-in over the SG rise....
A largely unheralded technical change looks certain to impact more upper income earners on super....
The inclusion of specific funding for the Tax Practitioners Board sees the FPA writing to the Government for another extension....
The Federal Budget limits fiddling with superannuation settings to the changes it announced in April....
The Government has sought to use the Federal Budget to close off what it describes as a tax loophole that has allowed investors to indulge in so-called ‘dividend washing’...
In a move that was flagged ahead of the Budget and will please some sections of the financial services industry, the Government has moved to make deferred lifetime annuit...
The FPA is hoping for minimal change around super taxes in this evening’s Budget. ...
SMSF Academy's Aaron Dunn looks at a related party undertaking improvements to a property at no cost, and explains whether increases in the property value constituted a c...
Investors opting for negatively geared direct property are taking a large position on the likely outcome of a single investment despite the risks and up-front losses inhe...
The expected 2013 Budget cuts to the Public Service may encompass APRA and ASIC....
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....
It’s astonishing to see the FAAA now pushing for more advisers by courting "career changers" and international recruits,...