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Financial planning

Estate planning is more than just writing a Will and certainly isn’t something that should be left until the last minute, writes Anna Hacker....

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Life/Risk

New research undertaken by CommInsure has reinforced the long-term implications of the Government's remuneration restrictions around the sale of life/risk insurance withi...

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Superannuation

Specialist SMSF insurer Self Super enters into arrangements to enhance offerings on art and collectables....

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Life/Risk

When it comes to income protection, clients’ individual circumstances will dictate whether that cover is held inside or outside of superannuation. TAL’s David Glen weighs...

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Financial planning

Industry superannuation fund LUCRF Super has announced that it is extending its LUCRF Community Partnership Trust to Queensland....

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Financial planning

Early adopters of scaled advice technologies and services may have to rethink their offering as the FOFA reforms move closer to their start date....

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Superannuation

Clients who set up self-managed superannuation funds risk cancelling their existing insurance cover with their previous super fund, says Pitcher Partners director of supe...

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Financial planning

Australian investors are unlikely to jump ship and switch to another super fund despite poor sentiment and low returns, according to a survey from CoreData....

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Financial planning

Superannuation funds can increase member engagement by offering limited advice, says Mercer....

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Superannuation

Jennifer Brookhouse outlines the potential complications related to the new SMSF trustee remuneration rules....

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Superannuation

Big building industry super fund resists calls for independent directors, claiming industry expertise is more valuable....

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Financial planning

The Federal Opposition has pointed to the presence of an HSU official on a superannuation fund board as a good reason for changes to corporate governance....

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Financial planning

Life and total and permanent disablement (TPD) underinsurance is costing the government around $1.3 billion annually, with only half of Australians currently insured....

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Superannuation

AustralianSuper has found more than $1 billion in lost super for its members and has initiated the rollover process, the super fund has announced....

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Financial planning

AustralianSuper has announced the launch of an online financial advice offering for its members, which the big industry funds says will help people 'self-start' their sup...

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Yet everything states profitability is much higher in a larger practice. As a smaller planning practice it is a hard sl...

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AustralianSuper and Australian Retirement Trust have posted the financial results for the 2022–23 financial year for their combined 5.3 million members....

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A $34 billion fund has come out on top with a 13.3 per cent return in the last 12 months, beating out mega funds like Australian Retirement Trust and Aware Super. ...

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The verdict in the class action case against AMP Financial Planning has been delivered in the Federal Court by Justice Moshinsky....

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