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Future retirement products aided by tax exclusions

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAR 2017
... of regulation for new retirement income streams is now open for public consultation. Adding to the existing draft legislation, the government has proposed that superannuation funds and insurance companies receive a tax exemption on income from assets ...

ATO payroll system tracking unpaid super

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAR 2017
... employers' inability to pay superannuation entitlements, with the first phase due to roll out on 1 July. Under the STP legislation introduced in August 2016, employers with more than 20 staff members will report salary and wages and Pay as You Go (PAYG) ...

UniSuper redefines comfortable retirement

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAR 2017
... outcomes. The industry fund, while remaining supportive of the plan to enshrine the objective of superannuation in legislation, has backed calls for the inclusion of an adequacy measure to help individuals understand how much they realistically need ...

QSuper member experience chief departs

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAR 2017
... fund expects to be able to formally announce a successor soon. On 1 December 2016, the Queensland Government passed legislation allowing QSuper to amend its eligibility criteria as to who can join the fund.

Equitise launches group investment platform

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAR 2017
... democratise investing in Australia with a view to taking the highly scalable syndicate model global, he said. Crowdfunding legislation introduced by the Treasurer Scott Morrison late last year is expected to pass in the Senate later this month. The bill ...

AFA chief executive steps down

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAR 2017
... successful transition to the top role. "We are now entering the next phase of implementing the professional standards legislation where our members will get the professional recognition they deserve," Fox said. "Now is the right time for me to hand the ...

Life insurance industry rebuts need for greater reform

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 6 MAR 2017
... taking the opportunity to reaffirm the FSC's support for the Life Insurance Framework, the professional standards legislation, and the industry's Code of Practice coming in to effect on 1 July. Commonwealth Bank group executive, wealth management, Annabel ...

Professional standards spark SAFAA training

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 23 FEB 2017
... service provider for a new e-learning initiative. The partnership with GRC Solutions coincides with the passing of legislation for new requirements to raise the competency and ethical conduct standards of financial advisers, commencing 1 January 2019. ...

Advisers embrace new education regime

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 FEB 2017
... advisers have wasted no time in readying themselves for the future following the passing of the professional standards legislation earlier this month. Mentor Education saw an immediate surge in enrolments in its programs after the Corporations Amendment ...

Fox urges advisers to become professionals

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 21 FEB 2017
... Connect Tour. Speaking to a crowded Sydney ballroom, Fox plead financial advisers to take the financial standards legislation seriously, and to help the AFA on their journey towards becoming a professionally recognised association. "We want to smash ...