Australia

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The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) has come out in support of governments privatising assets, saying superannuation and pension funds are the nat...

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The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) has welcomed the Assistant Treasurer’s announcement that the ATO will have stewardship of the SuperStream gate...

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ASFA has used its pre-Budget submission to warn the Government that looming legislation will adversely impact the encouragement of income streams....

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ASFA welcomes time-frame extension on electronic file formats SuperStream implementation....

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FSC welcomes breathing space for super funds and other institutions on US regulatory requirements....

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An Auditor-General’s report is unlikely to dampen financial services industry grumbling about how AUSTRAC is funded. ...

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Australia will amend one of its oldest tax treaties, announcing it will sign a revised treaty with Switzerland to improve tax transparency between the two countries. The ...

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Legislative changes impacting the co-contributions scheme and the consolidation of super accounts will be examined by a Parliamentary Committee....

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FEX will become the first non-ASX clearing facility and begin operations in approximately six months following the set-up of commercial and logistical arrangements. ...

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The Government has released a discussion paper that furthers its plans to increase the transparency of large corporate taxpayers...

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A major challenge to the development of infrastructure projects in Australia is that funding is provided by state governments, a CEDA panel has been told....

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ISN said it will continue to push for ASX call options – despite an ASIC report that found high frequency trading concerns were overstated....

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Grant Banner

From my perspective, 40- 50% of people are likely going to be deeply unhappy about how long they actually live. ...

1 year 10 months ago
Kevin Gorman

Super director remuneration ...

1 year 10 months ago
Anthony Asher

No doubt true, but most of it is still because over 45’s have been upgrading their houses with 30 year mortgages. Money ...

1 year 10 months ago

Widespread member disengagement is having a detrimental impact on retirement confidence, AMP research has found....

8 hours ago

Economists have warned inflation risks remain elevated even as the RBA signals policy is sitting near neutral after its latest hold....

9 hours ago

Introducing a cooling off period in the process of switching super funds or moving money out of the sector could mitigate the potential loss to fraudulent behaviour, the ...

8 hours ago