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Government releases adviser education legislation

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2015
... Association also expressed reservations, specifically in regards to the adviser code of ethics. "The FPA is concerned about the proposal to require planners to sign up to a code of ethics, without having to do so as part of a professional body," said ...

Treasurer commits to improve after-fee super returns

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2015
Federal Treasurer Scott Morrison has committed to doing more to reduce superannuation fees and improve after-fee returns for members even though super tax incentives are a cost to the government. As an approach to deliver super tax concessions that ...

CIPRs not the entire answer for retirement

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2015
The proposal for superannuation funds to have a comprehensive income product for retirement (CIPR) has experts cautious about defaulting members at a time when individual retirement solutions are most needed. Speaking at the Association of Superannuation ...

AIRA calls for fast-tracked reporting season announcements

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 23 NOV 2015
... announcements and other price sensitive information to be fast tracked during profit reporting seasons. Under AIRA's proposal, a fast track system would prioritise ASX releases so that the most time sensitive ones were made public more quickly. Less ...

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
Properly calibrating the superannuation system is the most important policy change from the Murray review of the financial system. Super could be sharper, leaner and easier to understand. That's why the Murray proposals to define the objective of superannuation ...

Banks to follow NAB's life insurance exit

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2015
More Australian banks will follow NAB's exit from manufacturing life insurance, according to Rice Warner chief executive Michael Rice. Rice's comments follow Assistant Treasurer Kelly O'Dwyer's issuing of the Government's response to the Life Insurance ...

Tax reform must not betray women

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 12 NOV 2015
If federal government savings from adjustments to excessive tax concessions for high income earners are not directed at improving the superannuation gender gap "it will be a betrayal of the women of Australia." That is the view of not-for-profit group ...

NAB and FPA back super in PPL

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 NOV 2015
The Senate inquiry in to economic security of women in retirement has been told the federal government's first priority should be including super guarantee contributions in the Paid Parental Leave (PPL) scheme. Both National Australia Bank (NAB) and ...

Super tax back on Turnbull's agenda

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 NOV 2015
Taxing of superannuation contributions is back on the government's agenda, with Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and some industry stakeholders saying that "all measures are on the table." The issue of superannuation tax concessions came up yesterday ...