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Financial planning

ASIC is trailing other industry bodies when it comes to relevance and engagement with advisers, a financial planning group believes. ...

Editorial

A close reading of the submissions so far lodged with the Senate Committee investigating the operations of ASIC suggests the newly-elected Abbott Government will be right...

Superannuation

Industry fund chairman expresses concern that improper advice is driving member departures to SMSFs. ...

Financial planning

Former Trio director Kurt Groenveld enters three-and-a-half year enforceable undertaking with APRA. ...

Superannuation

Are SMSFs contributing to a property bubble and gaining an unfair advantage in the process? Peter Kelly begs to differ....

Editorial

The Federal Treasurer, Joe Hockey, has signalled a “son of Wallis” review of the Australian financial system and, as Mike Taylor writes, the industry is already starting ...

Financial planning

IOOF has received its MySuper licence approval from APRA and has signalled it will be offering a "dynamically managed diversified investment strategy" via its IOOF Balanc...

Financial planning

ISA and AIST call for simpler process around lifting advice qualification standards....

Financial planning

Morningstar analysis paints the big four banks as being an oligopoly which is stronger now than before the GFC....

Superannuation

The superannuation playing field is not tilted in favour of SMSFs but they do benefit from being more nimble, according to SPAA....

Financial planning

Paul Derham draws on extensive recent research to provides tips to help financial planners sail through their next licensee compliance audit. ...

Superannuation

Link Group has acquired technology vendor Syncsoft....

Financial planning

One of the pilot companies for APRA’s new reporting regime has launched a new service. ...

Superannuation

Super funds which lose members to SMSFs are unlikely to see them come back....

Financial planning

APRA warns lenders against letting the current low interest rate environment drive up unsustainable housing credit....

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