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Financial planners have shown an increasing willingness to provide administration services for self-managed superannuation funds in response to rule changes regarding sup...

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Delaying access to your superannuation until after July 1, 2007, may be a costly exercise for retirees not requiring access to a lump sum, according to Ward Financial Gro...

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With the oldest of the baby-boomer generation now pushing 60, the Government is making a concerted push to keep older workers in the workforce to lessen the burden on the...

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Shaw Stockbroking has made its first entry into the broad investor market with the launch of a managed discretionary account (MDA) aimed at servicing the needs of the gro...

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Western Australian-based dealer group Wealthsure has entered into an agreement to use Multiport software in the administration of its clients’ self-managed superannuation...

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Australian baby boomers are looking to spend their retirement living life to the full, and are actively planning to be able to sustain it, according to a Commonwealth Fin...

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New research conducted by Mercer Oliver Wyman in the UK has identified four distinct life stages in the 50 plus age group, which it feels financial product providers will...

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The latest AMP Capital/Investment Trends SMSF Investor Report has revealed compliance is now clearly the number one challenge being faced by people running their own supe...

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BT Financial Group has become the latest entrant into the self-managed superannuation administration market, launching a service to administer SMSF funds and small Austra...

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After you’ve clocked up a few years in the workforce, those fantasies about driving off into the sunset seem to come up a lot more frequently. But if the federal governme...

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With the marketplace gearing up for over 55’s to implement the Transition to Retirement (TTR) Strategy, financial planners and accountants need to ensure they optimise th...

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Over 50 per cent of baby boomers believe they are only “somewhat ready” in terms of their financial preparations for retirement, with another 20 per cent saying they were...

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