The latest AMP.NATSEM data confirms that while Australians may be better informed about their savings problem, they are still not saving enough for a comfortable retireme...
Many clients can benefit from a strategy that involves a combination of salary sacrifice contributions and co-contributions, writes Deborah Wixted....
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has banned a NSW financial adviser from providing financial services for 10 years after finding he failed to disclose...
Is it still worthwhile recontributing to superannuation? Martin Breckon outlines some strategies. ...
Chris Bowen has announced that SMSFs will not be exempt from the changes stemming from the Henry and Cooper reviews....
The financial services industry has been called upon to step up to its social obligations when dealing with trustees of self-managed superannuation funds....
Platforms have emerged as the major beneficiaries of the growth in self-managed superannuation funds (SMSFs), according to data collected by specialist superannuation cle...
A survey of SMSFs administered by Multiport reveals a dramatic move to Australian equities away from cash....
Financial planners have been witness to a rush of new retirement income products hitting the market but, as Liam Egan explains, the fall-out from the global financial cri...
Can inflation-linked Commonwealth government and semi-government bonds provide a suitable investment option for those needing a truly defensive portfolio? Stephen Hart in...
Insurance cover within superannuation has become an attractive strategy, writes Fabian Bussoletti....
Class Financial Systems to provide SMSF platform for accountants....
The succession dilemma is more than just a matter of commitments.This isn’t simply about younger vs. older advisers. It’...
Significant ethical issues there. If a relationship is in the process of breaking down then both parties are likely to b...
It's not licensees not putting them on, it's small businesses (that are licensed) that cannot afford to put them on. The...