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Financial planning

A national savings summit may sound somewhat grandiose but I believe it is now vital to Australia that the bell should be rung....

Funds management

Australia’s residential property boom will grind to a halt under the weight of rising interest rates, however baby boomers will ensure investors still make money out of d...

Financial planning

A recent report by Rice Kachor predicts that Australia’s financial services industry will swing convincingly to the retail side of the industry by 2010. Stuart Engel look...

Financial planning

Treasurer Peter Costello’s mention of the “s” word following his budget address has brought a chorus of approval and demands from the financial services industry....

Financial planning

Early retirement due to difficulty in finding work will soon be a thing of the past. According to a BIS Shrapnel report, employment problems faced by older people will di...

Financial planning

Superannuation and retirement savings should be the subject of a federal government review, according to the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA)....

Financial planning

There are a number of anomalies that you come across when you examine the op-eration of the Australian superannuation system. ...

Superannuation

The retirement income streams industry is blooming. The value of its funds under management has soared over the past five years and its future looks just as bright as mor...

Financial planning

Earlier this year, Credit Suisse burst onto the retail financial services stage with great performance figures but no customers to appreciate them. Six months down the tr...

Financial planning

Wanted: Financial planners. Start: yesterday. There is a chronic shortage of skilled financial planners emerging, as demand for high end planners far outstrips supply. ...

Financial planning

The Financial Planning Association is developing a concerted campaign to put retirement income issues on the Federal Government's agenda. Here, Michael McKenna puts the c...

Financial planning

Perpetual Funds Management has warned of a savings gap "time bomb" between the income Australians want in retirement and the lump sum they expect will provide it....

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So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

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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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ASIC has banned a former NSW adviser from providing advice for 10 years for investing at least $14.8 million into a cryptocurrency-based scam. ...

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ASIC has issued a warning to financial advisers to ensure they are complying with client consent requirements when entering into ongoing fee arrangements....

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