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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 ...

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 ...

Super investment menus not what they seem: Rice Warner

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2019
... questions whether superannuation investment menus are really appropriately designed for members. Since the Treasury Laws Amendment (Design and Distribution Obligations and Product Intervention Powers) Bill 2018 passed in April 2019 new requirements for ...

Grandfathered commissions ban passes

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 15 OCT 2019
... the benefit of any conflicted remuneration payable under a contract must be passed on to the client. The Treasury Laws Amendment (Ending Grandfathered Conflicted Remuneration) Bill 2019 was first introduced to parliament at the start of August and passed ...

Super trustees must do better: Byres

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 20 SEP 2019
... strengthened by stronger prudential standards and enforcement powers. Byres specifically noted the impact of the Treasury Laws Amendment (Improving Accountability and Member Outcomes in Superannuation Measures No 1) Bill 2019 and the new prudential standard ...

Government moves to expand design, distribution laws

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2019
... Commission," Treasurer Josh Frdenberg said. The regulations will commence in April 2021 as part of the Treasury Laws Amendment (Design and Distribution Obligations and Product Intervention Powers) Bill 2019, subject to the result of the consultation ...