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Superannuation

The latest study compiled by AMP Capital Investors and Investment Trends regarding self-managed superannuation funds has revealed the burden of compliance and keeping abr...

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Financial planning

In statistics that should serve as a warning to financial planning practitioners looking to acquire other practices as part of the business succession push, CPA Australia...

Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has intervened in Sovereign Capital’s intention to wind up the Sovereign Prudential Fund, due to concerns the Gold Co...

Superannuation

Financial planners are now involved in instigating more SMSFs than accountants, according to a new IFSA/Investment Trends survey of the sector....

Superannuation

The terms of engagement of a planner with a SMSF trustee should be precisely delineated to protect planners from claims for negligence from trustees, according to Argyle ...

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Almost one third of Australians have made very little preparation for their retirement a new survey has found....

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Count Financial has appointed Jeremy Wardell as the inaugural chief executive of its accountant based, wealth-creation business countplus, ahead of its planned acquisitio...

Superannuation

An unregistered managed investment scheme relating to a retirement village has been wound up by the Federal Court following proceedings brought by the corporate regulator...

Financial planning

Super choice was introduced in July 2005 to allow Australian’s to make their own decisions about how they want to invest for their retirement. Few argued against the legi...

Financial planning

In the 1980’s, the life insurance industry was largely operating under an agency system whereby those providing insurance advice to clients were ‘agents’ of the insurer r...

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Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...

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Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...

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Commonwealth Bank has formally dropped to zero advisers following LGT Crestone’s acquisition of its advice arm – some six years on from the Hayne royal commission. ...

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