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Showing 521 - 530 of 2022 results for "Legislation"

Pandemic exacerbated retirement confidence: Research

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2020
... amounts; superannuation funds providing clear member communications to help navigate uncertainty; and regulators enacting legislation to ensure a transparent, efficient and robust system."

AustralianSuper PYS fee under scrutiny again

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUL 2020
... whether it should have intervened when AustralianSuper introduced a new fee named after the Protecting Your Super legislation. In January AustralianSuper increased its admin fee, saying that from April 1 members would start paying the 'Administration ...

AMP should stop whining: Slater and Gordon

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2020
... jurisdictions in the world for litigation funders. Litigation funders have been under the spotlight recently, with new legislation requiring them to have an AFSL to operate in Australia. De Ferrari said he welcomed this new scrutiny of litigation funding ...

AFA, FPA share bleak view of industry

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUN 2020
... Australian consumers was a focus for both associations during the hearing. Liberal MP Jason Falinski asked whether "dumb" legislation had resulted in financial advisers being unable to service clients with less than a $1 million in investable assets ...

Super fund members compensated

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2020
... retail superannuation offering have been remediated close to $3 million after financial advisers failed to comply with legislation that would have seen them transferred to a lower cost MySuper offering in 2017. More than 1266 smartMonday members have ...

Another billion removed from super

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2020
... that you comply with the eligibility rules to access your super early and your broader obligations under the taxation legislation."

ATO cracks down on ERS misuse

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2020
... that you comply with the eligibility rules to access your super early and your broader obligations under the taxation legislation," it said. "We understand that these are uncertain times and people's circumstances change, so it is important that ...

FASEA extension passes

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2020
... qualification requirements, with the new deadline for advisers to meet the education standards 1 January 2026. The legislation to allow financial advisers the extension was contained in an omnibus bill which hit a snag last week when it was bounced out ...

ISA plays devil's advocate on SG

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 15 JUN 2020
... supply and demand elasticities and factor substitution, but also on institutional factors such as employment protection legislation, minimum wage determinations and the degree of unionization," the analysis read. In a letter to the committee accompanying ...

ASIC ends relief for advisers

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2020
... the regulator said. "However, following feedback from the Senate Standing Committee for the Scrutiny of Delegated Legislation, ASIC has decided to amend these instruments to include specific end dates." ASIC added that it will continue to monitor the ...