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Inaugural CSLR levy slugs advisers $18.5m

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAR 2024
... round, advisers will foot the bill of $18.5 million to cover the period of July 1 to 30 June 2025. Financial Advice Association Australia chief executive Sarah Abood slammed the new levy, calculating that among the 15,624 registered advisers, they will ...

Treasury releases draft legislation for new $3m super tax

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAR 2024
... deliver income for a dignified retirement, alongside government support, in an equitable and sustainable way." The SMSF Association (SMSFA) slammed the proposed changes to the bills, calling them "significant and complex". "This is a policy that has ...

Brighter Super signs David Koch as ambassador

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2024
... Club. He also chairs Pinstripe Media, a content creation company he founded in 2005. In 2018, Koch partnered with the Association of Financial Advisers - now Financial Advice Association Australia - on a consumer event promoting the value of financial ...

Majority comply with IDR reporting: ASIC

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2024
... per year. ASIC will continue to engage with firms on meeting this requirement," the regulator said. Financial Advice Association Australia (FAAA) general manager policy of advocacy Phil Anderson told a recent Financial Standard podcast that the IDR is ...

ATO refers SMSF auditors to ASIC

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAR 2024
... require an independence review of all SMSF audit clients and notification of the conditions to their professional association," ASIC said. One of the auditors who had conditions imposed has applied to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal for a review. ...

FAAA calls on ATO to provide clarity over advice fees

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAR 2024
The Financial Advice Association Australia (FAAA) has called on the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) to build upon the progress it made in its public release of revised tax deductibility guidance in December 2023. The FAAA said the ATO should further ...

Coastal Advice Group merges with Compass Financial Management

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAR 2024
... professional years. "We are excited to join a progressive, like-minded, financial planning organisation. This new association with the Coastal Advice Group offers our clients access to a deeper and more engaged client experience as well as securing Compass ...

Government promises transparent financial services regulation

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAR 2024
... of Australia (RBA), and Australian Taxation Office (ATO) will all be part of the grid. The Customer Owned Banking Association (COBA) has been advocating for the initiative for several years. COBA chief executive Mike Lawrence said significant regulatory ...

Taskforce suggests aged care funding be based on personal wealth

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAR 2024
... financial products that enable older people to use their wealth in retirement and in support of aged care costs. The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) said the taskforce's recommendations are fair and equitable, adding it is ...

New campaign pushes for reproductive leave

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2024
... In doing so, it's been directed to consider how other jurisdictions support workers. Recent statistics from the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) show women who are unable to continue working during menopause and are forced ...