Category: Advocacy

SMSF Association Submission – Reducing Red Tape for Superannuation Funds – ECPI Measures

SMSF Association Submission The SMSF Association welcomes the opportunity to provide a submission on Treasury’s two exposure drafts in relation to the requirement for actuarial certificates for certain superannuation funds […]

SMSF Association Submission – Consultation Paper – Transition to strengthening client verification

SMSF Association Submission The SMSF Association welcomes the opportunity to provide a submission on consultation paper: Transition to strengthening client verification (QC65469). We welcome any measures that seek to improve […]

SMSF Association Submission – CP 340 Breach Reporting and related obligations

SMSF Association Submission The SMSF Association welcomes the opportunity to provide a submission on ASIC’s Consultation Paper 340: Breach Reporting. We refer to recent roundtables and other industry engagement undertaken […]

SMSF Association Submission – Regulator Performance Guide

SMSF Association Submission The SMSF Association welcomes the opportunity to provide a submission on the Government’s Regulator Performance Guide. We support measures which are designed to assist Regulators to operate […]

SMSF Association Submission on the Financial Sector Reform (Hayne Royal Commission Response – A New Disciplinary System for Financial Advisers) Bill 2021

SMSF Association Submission The SMSF Association (SMSFA) welcomes the opportunity to provide a submission on the single disciplinary body measures proposed in the Financial Sector Reform (Hayne Royal Commission Response […]

Opening statement – Senate Select Committee on Financial Technology and Regulatory Technology

Opening statement for the Senate Select Committee on Financial Technology and Regulatory Technology – Committee session 12 February 2021 – SMSF Association The SMSF Association is the peak body for […]

Federal Budget 2021-2022 Submission

SMSF Association Submission The SMSF Association welcomes the opportunities to provide a 2021-2022 Budget submission. In this submission we focus on three significant themes: Complexity Advice Technical issues The SMSF […]

Submission on Consultation paper 332 – Promoting access to affordable advice for consumers

SMSF Association Submission The SMSF Association welcomes the opportunity to make a submission to the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) on Consultation Paper 332 – Promoting access to affordable […]

SMSF Association joint Submission with SAFAA – Access to Capital

SMSF Association and Stockbrokers and Financial Advisers Association Submission to the Senate Select Committee on Financial Technology and Regulatory Technology on ‘access to capital’. The SMSF Association (SMSFA) and Stockbrokers and […]

Retirement Income Review – Key areas of interest for the SMSF sector

SMSF Association Summary The Government has now released their much-awaited Retirement Income Review Report. The Report provides a fact base of the current retirement income system in the context of […]