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Federal Opposition seeks declaration from Treasurer on future superannuation taxes....

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Financial planning

Australian financial advisers look set to finish 2012 in a better mood, according to the latest research released by Wealth Insights....

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Superannuation

Former Prime Minister and Treasurer, Paul Keating has called for Australia to pursue a sustainable post-retirement incomes regime beyond the current compulsory superannua...

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Financial planning

SMSFs perform similarly regardless of whether trustees rely on advisers, accountants or their own research, according to a Rice Warner study....

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Financial planning

There was another significant jump in the number of disputes both received and resolved by the Financial Ombudsman Service in 2011-2012, according to the latest FOS annua...

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Editorial

When it comes to affordability of life insurance, it needn’t be all or nothing. There are a number of strategies that can be employed to help make insurance an option for...

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Financial planning

Most retail investors rely on themselves, their friends or family or the media for investment advice rather than seeking advice from a financial planner or stockbroker, a...

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Financial planning

Bloomberg has rolled out an App Portal that will act as a third party distribution channel for financial services software providers....

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Financial planning

Ratings house Lonsec has awarded Equity Trustees Limited's Australian equities fund, the EQT Wholesale Flagship Fund, a "recommended" rating....

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Financial planning

TAL has recorded an increase in revenue, premiums and net profit after tax under new Japanese parent company Dai-ichi Life....

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Financial planning

The Australian mortgage market has recorded historically low growth in the last year, having increased only by 4.2 per cent, according to CoreData....

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Editorial

Allan Gray Australia's Johan de Lange says investors should not be settling for less but demanding better returns from their fund managers....

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Financial planning

One in five first homebuyers is now aged 40 or over, according to a Mortgage Choice survey of 1000 Australians who plan on buying their first home in the next two years....

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Superannuation

A spike in electricity prices has made it harder for Australians to achieve a comfortable retirement, the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) said....

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Superannuation

Despite some reports to the contrary, the latest ATO annual report has confirmed breaches by self-managed superannuation funds remain well under control....

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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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