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Financial planning
Superannuation makes up 87 per cent of all life office assets and accounts for 88 per cent of premiums as at December 2002, according to new statistics from the Australia...
Funds management
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) is again being sued for defamation by Rural & General Insurance Broking, following an earlier aborted defamation pro...
Financial planning
The insurance industry’s high professional indemnity (PI) premium levels are here to stay, with an estimate of at least 12 months before insurance companies are able to l...
Financial planning
Shadow minister for retirement incomes and savings, Senator Nick Sherry, has pointed to figures released last week by the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority on su...
Financial planning
More than 80 per cent of do-it-yourself (DIY) super fund investors believe their accountant or financial adviser will be held responsible if their fund breaches super leg...
Financial planning
The corporate superannuation market might be shrinking but opportunities for advisers still abound. Craig Phillips reports....
Financial planning
Margin lending is not the only way to get into gearing. Philip McLean looks at instalments as an alternative....
Funds management
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has moved to clarify its attitude towards hedge fund investing after comments it made back in March alarmed investor...
People & Products
Treasurer Peter Costello has announced the appointment of Dr John Laker as chairman and Ross Jones as deputy chairman of the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (A...
Financial planning
Levies on financial services institutions will rise almost $10 million to $84.8 million in 2003/04, with the superannuation, insurance and authorised deposit taking insti...
Financial planning
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has been lambasted by a high profile banking and finance professor with claims it often deliberately fails to ...
Financial planning
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has disqualified another former Commercial Nominees of Australia Ltd (CNAL) director from acting as a responsible of...
Financial planning
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) will be undertaking a significant review of AMP’s proposal to de-merge its operations in Australia and the UK prior ...
Financial planning
Tower Limited has concluded a $30 million capital restructure to exceed solvency requirements imposed by the Australian Prudential and Regulatory Authority (APRA)....
Financial planning
The concerns raised by the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) about the use of hedge funds in superannuation could just as easily be levelled at traditiona...
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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...