BABY BOOMERS

Financial planning

While aspirations of wealth and asset ownership rate high among Australians, it is the fear of not having enough money that drives people to establish their financial goa...

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Editorial

Dominic McCormick argues that the sovereign debt problems experienced by some European countries could continue to ripple through the global economy....

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Financial planning

Teaching financial planning in schools is long overdue, particularly considering young people already struggle with their personal finances, according to a new survey rel...

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Financial planning

The majority of Australia’s mid-market private companies are considering a change in business ownership in the next decade amid expected growth, according to the Mo...

Financial planning

Market sentiment is down and share trader retail investors are slightly keener to seek financial advice and education, according to the latest CMC Markets Share Trader In...

Superannuation

Retirement product innovation around annuities, guaranteed products and 'life stage' products will continue as advisers and their clients increasingly demand better post-...

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Financial planning

Blue Sky Funds Management will include water investments in its new retail private equity fund to be launched in the New Year, hoping to attract financial planning networ...

Financial planning

Challenger's Dominic Stevens said the group is preparing for a four-fold increase in contact with planners and dealer groups to push its annuity products. Stevens said th...

Editorial

With lofty ambitions and relative confidence, many Generation Y investors are ready to buy into the housing market, writes Kristy Sheppard. ...

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Editorial

Reverse mortgage products are attracting a new breed of strategic senior borrowers who are proving the industry’s naysayers wrong, argues MARTIN LYNCH....

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Financial planning

Financial planners remain a trusted source of investment information for Generation Y and X investors as well as baby boomers, according to an annual survey of DIY invest...

Financial planning

Financial planning strategy frameworks in Australia do not appropriately communicate risk, or account for full value through the wealth management lifecycle, according to...

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Financial planning

Expect to see property investors flush the market after the First Home Owner Boost, writes KRISTY SHEPPARD....

Financial planning

While direct property has fared better than listed property trusts in recent times, they are not necessarily a safe haven, writes Damon Taylor. ...

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Financial planning

Watson Wyatt managing director Andrew Boal warns that some of the tinkering with superannuation might ultimately place greater pressure on the age pension....

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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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ASIC has suspended the Australian Financial Services Licence of a Melbourne-based financial advice firm....

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The corporate regulator has issued infringement notices to three AFSLs whose financial advisers provided personal advice to a retail client while unregistered....

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ASIC has released the results of its first adviser exam to be held in 2025, with 241 candidates attempting the test....

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