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Superannuation

Opposition seeks assurances from Government that there will be no further superannaution tax tinkering, while pointing to questions on the issue remaining unanswered for ...

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Superannuation

The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) has welcomed new legislation which it said would ultimately protect member balances during super fund mergers....

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Editorial

The Federal Treasurer Wayne Swan and the Treasury must shelve any plans they may have to alter the superannuation tax regime to achieve a Budget surplus, warns Mike Taylo...

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Superannuation

ASFA urges government to change direction on illegal early release on SMSFs, claiming the problem has diminished....

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Superannuation

ASFA urges the Government to extend the ATO's ability to use administrative penalties with respect to SMSFs....

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Editorial

Bill Shorten has fuelled criticisms of the Government from within the financial services sector by appearing to pre-empt the findings of the Productivity Commission....

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Financial planning

The Government has outlined a range of changes to give APRA greater scope to take pre-emptive action....

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Superannuation

Financial Services Council tells Productivity Commission the Government's preferred approach on default superannuation funds is based on incorrect information....

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Financial planning

The ATO has reconfirmed that interest payments are not an essential feature of a loan, potentially opening the door for zero-interest related party loans to self-managed ...

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Superannuation

Submissions to the Productivity Commission the reveal depth of the divide between government and industry on default funds....

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Superannuation

Major superannuation funds argue that all the beneficiaries of SuperStream should pay for its implementation....

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Superannuation

The Government has been taken to task over failure to deliver on details necessary to appropriately design MySuper products....

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Superannuation

Treasury has outlined the details of its administrative penalties regime for trustees of SMSFs, which will apply from 1 July, 2013....

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Financial planning

The Opposition says the Government is trying to short-circuit the Productivity Commission by establishing a formal position ahead of its findings....

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Financial planning

The Government needs to release details on how grandfathering will apply to MySuper to allow super companies time to fit in with legislation, says CSSA President Douglas ...

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