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Positives from the pandemic for advisers

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2020
According to the Association of Independently Owned Financial Professionals (AIOFP), the COVID-19 pandemic may be producing some positives for financial advisers. In a letter to AIOFP members, executive director Peter Johnston wrote that despite all ...

Government moves to cut work test

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2020
... meeting the work test. A month-long consultation period is officially underway for the government's Treasury Laws Amendment (Measures for a later sitting) Bill 2020: Improving Flexibility for Older Australians, which will amend the Superannuation ...

SG amnesty bill finally passes

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 25 FEB 2020
... through the Senate yesterday, almost two full years after it was first introduced to the parliament. The Treasury Laws Amendment (Recovering Unpaid Superannuation) Bill 2019 yesterday survived a late amendment squabble between the government and the ...

SMSFs interrupted in 2019: SuperConcepts

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2020
... government was committed to those changes becoming law. In terms of legislation that did pass in 2019, Treasury Laws Amendment Bill 2019 was passed into law on 2 October 2019. This introduces the Super Guarantee opt-out which allows workers with multiple ...

FASEA extension passes

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2020
... Standards and Ethics Authority exam and education requirements has passed the House of Representatives. The Treasury Laws Amendment (2019 Measures No.3) Bill amends the Corporations Act so that financial advisers will have more time to pass the FASEA ...

Retirement income review must focus on women: KPMG

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 FEB 2020
... super contributions to people who had taken on primary career responsibilities. The firm's final proposal calls for the amendment of concession caps for primary care and care-based work breaks, and the replacement of the current contribution cap system ...

SGE extension could hurt small entities: FSC

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 16 JAN 2020
The Financial Services Council has expressed its concerns with draft legislation seeking to extend the definition of significant global entities to ensure multinational tax avoidance rules apply to all relevant entities. In its submission to the government's ...

JANA dragged into Rest legal stoush

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 7 JAN 2020
JANA Investment Advisers may be forced to hand over key documents as part of Rest's ongoing legal battle with member Mark McVeigh. Final discovery orders were consented to by both Rest and McVeigh in late December last year. Documents created by ...

Bill to defer adviser education standards tabled

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 5 DEC 2019
... of Financial Advisers and Financial Planning Association of Australia fought for, were introduced under Treasury Laws Amendment (2019 Measures No.3) Bill 2019 - which a range of amendments.

FSC hails super choice amendments

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 28 NOV 2019
... step forward for default super. FSC chief executive Sally Loane welcomed yesterday's introduction of the Treasury Laws Amendment (Your Superannuation, Your Choice) bill to the House of Representatives, and said the changes - which will allow up to one ...