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But industry bodies see FoFA delay "unlikely"

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2013
Financial industry bodies have said a delay of the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) regulation asked for yesterday by the Financial Services Council (FSC) chief executive John Brogden is "unlikely". An extension of FoFA to July 1, 2014, would require ...

Two new MySuper approvals bring total to 43

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUN 2013
NGS Super and the Nationwide Superannuation Fund (NSF) are the latest funds to be given the green light for MySuper products. The approvals bring the total number of Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) sanctioned funds to 43 as the financial ...

Global ETF regulation proposed

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUN 2013
The International Organisation of Securities Commission (IOSCO) has issued a report outlining how it wants exchange traded investment vehicles regulated globally. The report was triggered by the rush of money that poured into ETFs and similar products ...

Labor completes super agenda with passage of four bills

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUN 2013
The federal government's superannuation reform agenda is complete following the passage of four bills through the Senate last night. Included in the new laws (listed below) was an increase in concessional contribution caps to $35,000 for people over ...

IOOF invests $75m in syndicated loan market

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2013
IOOF multi manager, IOOF Multimix, has become one of the first non-bank participants in the syndicated loan market through its $75 million investment in the Metrics Credit Partners Diversified Australia Senior Loan Fund. Metrics Credit Partners provides ...

Advisers face shrinking market as super funds merge

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2013
Financial advisers face a shrinking market and increased competition as the government's StrongerSuper reforms force smaller superannuation funds to merge, according to Jenny Wilcocks, a partner at law firm Holding Redlich. "The government's agenda ...

Parliament passes TASA bill

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUN 2013
The Parliament has voted and passed the amendments to the tax agents under the Tax Agent Services Act (TASA) bill that will extend the exemption for financial planners to become registered tax agents. The current exemption will be extended to June 30 ...

Government agrees to 12-month TASA exemption

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUN 2013
The government has agreed to extend the exemption for financial planners to become registered tax agents under the Tax Agent Services Act (TASA) bill. The current exemption will be extended to June 30, 2014 and there will be a three year transition ...

CBA launches MySuper compliant product

ALICE URIBE  |  MONDAY, 17 JUN 2013
The Commonwealth Bank (CBA) has targeted its small business and younger unadvised customers with the launch of a simple, low-cost superannuation offering. The product called, Essential Super, will be rolled out to CBA's customers from July 1, and is ...

BUSSQ, Qantas, Suncorp get MySuper approval

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUN 2013
Three more MySuper licenses have been granted by the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) this week, bringing the total number to 41. The new authorisations are BUSSQ Super, Qantas Super and Suncorp Super. While MySuper authorisations number ...