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Shorten responds to bias accusations

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2011
... The spokesman also said that while it supports the AFA's right to push its views, Minister Shorten and the Federal Government have consulted with all sides of this debate and have come up with a balanced policy that will protect the rights of consumers ...

Planning firm invests in property to widen appeal

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUN 2011
... financial planning firms to team up with real estate businesses to target the $430 billion SMSF market. In May, the Federal Government confirmed that the ban on commissions would not cover property investments. Simon Moore, director of REaffirm, stressed ...

Planners commission ban skips property

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 30 MAY 2011
... not facing a ban on advice commissions due to the products being regulated by state governments and not the Federal Government. As a result, financial planners are now expanding into this space at a faster rate. As previously reported in the Financial ...

StatewideSuper to merge with Local Super

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 30 MAY 2011
... executive of Local Super, said the funds had been hoping to merge by September 30 to take advantage of the Federal Government's CGT relief extension for merging funds, which would enable them to carry forward member's capital gains and losses without ...

Thirst for financial literacy on view

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2011
... was launched in March, showing a strong appetite among consumers for more information about their money, the Federal Government said today. It features useful tools like a budget planner, margin loan calculators and personal finance guides, warnings ...

Super crime loophole to snap shut

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAY 2011
The Federal Government wants the power to seize superannuation money that it says was funded by crime and is seeking to change the law. The rule change could affect millions of dollars worth of superannuation assets across the country. At present, superannuation ...

Tougher controls for SMSF collectibles

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2011
Draft legislation has been released by the federal government outlining new rules for self-managed super funds (SMSF) investing in collectibles. The proposed regulations are a significant watering down however of Super System Review recommendations ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAY 2011
... lower at 4,711 points, with 21,514 contracts traded. RBS Morgans director of equities Bill Chatterton said the federal government's budget delivered on Tuesday contained much for corporates, so the market had returned to focusing on the usual drivers ...

Budget 2011: Advisers granted budget wish

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAY 2011
... concessional cap in the 2009-10 financial year, an increase of 75.6 per cent on the previous year, after the Federal Government halved the caps. In 2008-09, it was estimated that 21,225 people or 73 per cent of those breaching the caps made excess contributions ...

Planners make their budget wishes

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAY 2011
As the Federal Government goes into budget lockdown, financial advisers have named their dearest wishes - and it's not for free set top boxes. Concessional caps, tax concessions for advice fees and a cut in the company tax rate were at the top of the ...