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Financial planning groups have expressed serious concerns about ASIC's proposal to allow transition-to-retirement (TTR) strategies within intra-fund financial advice....

Financial planning

A proposal to introduce a registration requirement for accountants who audit SMSFs could reduce not just the number of auditors performing a small number of audits each y...

Financial planning

It is up to the financial planning industry to actively lift its standards regardless of what arises out of the FOFA legislation, according to Association of Financial Ad...

Financial planning

The Institute of Public Accountants is calling for the Government to enable small businesses to clawback revenue losses against a previous year's income....

Financial planning

Money Market and Debt eXchange plans to launch electronic trading system....

Financial planning

New research by Edelman confirms Australians have little trust that the Government will do the right thing....

Financial planning

The Financial Planning Association (FPA) and Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) question the validity of research commissioned by a party with a vested interest....

Editorial

Mike Taylor reports that the likelihood of a bipartisan report and meaningful amendments emerging from the Parliamentary Joint Committee reviewing the FOFA bills is becom...

Financial planning

The Financial Planning Association (FPA) and Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) question the validity of research commissioned by a party with a vested interest....

Financial planning

Macquarie Group points to weaker FY12 result amid difficult conditions....

Financial planning

SPAA rejects Greens' superannuation policy as outdated and likely to penalise those saving for retirement....

Financial planning

Risk-focused financial advisers remain optimistic about the outlook for themselves and their practices despite the changes facing the industry, according to a Zurich Fina...

Financial planning

Macquarie Group points to weaker FY12 result amid difficult conditions....

Financial planning

SPAA rejects Greens' superannuation policy as outdated and likely to penalise those saving for retirement....

Financial planning

Chris Ryan exits Perpetual after agreeing to disagree with the board and is succeeded by Geoff Lloyd....

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