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Challenger has announced its Challenger Retirement Fund is the first super fund in Australia to sign up to a SuperStream rollover gateway....
Financial planning
Following "somewhat ambiguous" statements on grandfathering in Consultation Paper 189, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) is set to release an up...
Superannuation
Daniel Butler and Nathan Papson note that changing an existing non-reversionary defined benefit pension to be reversionary may give rise to certain issues....
Policy & Regulation
Treasury officials point to looming announcement on grandfathering rules – but claim original design was too “liberal”....
Superannuation
ASFA’s pre-Budget submission questions underlying Treasury assumptions being used to justify altering super taxes....
Superannuation
Coalition meets with senior industry figures and extends its commitments on super policy. ...
Superannuation
The FPA, in its Treasury submission, has said the Government needs to immediately increase the super contributions cap and implement a longer-term financial plan....
Superannuation
Government needs to assess the age pension to ensure it is sustainable, according to the FSC....
Superannuation
Government needs to be chained to a set of systemic super principles to stop both sides from constantly changing the rules, according to Sunsuper’s Tony Lally....
Superannuation
Superannuation funds will be exempt from tax on pension stream assets for deceased estates under draft regulations released by the Federal Government to amend income tax ...
Superannuation
In a draft exposure for self-managed super funds (SMSF) related party transfers, the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) has urged Treasury to conside...
People & Products
Steve Gibbs has been appointed chairman of Australian Ethical Investments following André Morony's decision to stand down....
Superannuation
The Government has clarified taxation on pension streams for deceased estates in draft regulations released yesterday....
Financial planning
Demand for finance and accounting professionals in the financial services industry is expected to remain subdued over the first quarter of 2013, according to the 'Robert ...
Financial planning
While the ultimate shape of FOFA might depend on who wins the next Federal election, financial planners will have a busy year ahead nevertheless, writes the FPA’s Dante D...
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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,...