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

Financial planning

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

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...

Financial planning

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

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...

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...

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...

Financial planning

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

Financial planning

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

Financial planning

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

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....

Editorial

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

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....

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....

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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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 confirmed the industry funding levy for the 2024–25 financial year, and how much licensees can expect to pay....

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