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AFA recommends SG monthly threshold removal

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 DEC 2015
The Association of Financial Advisers has made seven recommendations to the Senate Inquiry into the Economic Security for Women in Retirement. In addition to the removal of the $450 monthly superannuation guarantee contribution threshold, the AFA also ...

PractiFi partners with PSK, Godfrey Pembroke vet

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2015
... PractiFi's software, Gerrard said his website "now has real-time, end-to-end visibility of the customer journey from initial inquiry through their full life cycle." "The PractiFI platform delivers efficiency gains without compromising the client experience," ...

Government releases adviser education legislation

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2015
... into effect from July 1, 2017. "These reforms, recently announced in the Government's response to the Financial System Inquiry, have widespread support across industry participants, professional bodies and consumer representatives of the need to raise ...

No change to super tax subsidy measure

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2015
Superannuation lobby groups have failed to convince a parliamentary inquiry that the Tax Expenditures Statement misrepresents the cost of superannuation subsidies. The House of Representatives Standing Committee on Tax and Revenue has just issued its ...

Super fund governance bill enters final debate

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 30 NOV 2015
... policy which has been recommended by the Cooper Review under the Labor government and by David Murray's Financial System Inquiry."

FoFA end marks start of new advice era

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 30 NOV 2015
... the next stage." The next challenges include implementing the recommendations of the Parliamentary Joint Committee (PJC) inquiry into education and professional standards. One of the most relevant measures is the creation of a new independent body that ...

Senate to investigate white-collar crime

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2015
The Senate will start an inquiry into penalties for white-collar crime, following calls from regulators and Financial System Inquiry chair David Murray to strengthen the system. The Senate voted yesterday in favour of a Greens motion to establish the ...

Super changes won't close gender retirement gap: AIST

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2015
The Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) has told a Senate inquiry that changes to the super system will not be enough to close the retirement savings gender gap. The AIST is calling for all workforce, pay and super policies to be ...

OPINION: Super is Murray's big rock

ANDREW BRAGG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 NOV 2015
... superannuation, raise competitive tensions to reduce fees and improve governance standards are long overdue. The Murray inquiry into Australia's financial system was never going to be as significant as the reviews headed by Sir Keith Campbell and Stan ...

Tax reform must not betray women

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 12 NOV 2015
... the women of Australia." That is the view of not-for-profit group Women in Super, who recently submitted to the Senate inquiry into economic security of women in retirement. Among widely held recommendations to immediately increase the superannuation ...