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Superannuation

Abbott reiterates opposition to superannuation guarantee rise

Opposition leader Tony Abbott has restated his party's opposition to an increase in the superannuation guarantee but said it would not rescind an increase if it was passe...

Policy & Regulation

FPA members better prepared for FOFA, survey says

Members of the Financial Planning Association are more prepared to meet the changes required by the Government's Future of Financial Advice changes....

Financial planning

Mortgage brokers could do better: ASIC

Mortgage brokers could do more to comply with responsible lending obligations, according to an Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) review....

Editorial

Illiquid assets and solid superannuation funds

When the chief executive of the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA), Pauline Vamos, last week issued a release clearly aimed at countering adverse rep...

Financial planning

ASIC suspends Paritech licence

<b>Updated:</b> ASIC has suspended the AFSL of Paritech because the firm failed to comply with its obligations as a licensee....

Financial planning

FPA reiterates financial planner professionalism push

<b>Updated:</b> The Financial Planning Association has pointed to a future in which there are no Australian Securities and Investments Commission bannings of professional...

Financial planning

Allianz moves on Qantas dispute

Allianz Global Assistance has moved in the wake of the recent Qantas industrial disruption to reassure clients that all future industrial action relating to the airline w...

Financial planning

Macquarie offers ordinary shares to employees

Eligible employees will each be offered up to $1,000 of ordinary shares under the Macquarie Group Employee Share Plan....

Funds management

Market volatility dogs CommBank's wealth management

Funds under management heads south for CommBank wealth management but FirstChoice stays in positive territory....

Funds management

Private equity index outperforms

Private equity appears to have outperformed according to the results of the latest Cambridge Associates index....

Financial planning

Mortgage brokers expanding financial services presence

The overlap between mortgage broking firms and other segments has raced ahead in 2011 as companies search for diversified revenue streams in a gloomy financial environmen...

Funds management

van Eyk favours alternatives in asset allocation review

van Eyk Research has completed a yearlong review of its strategic asset allocation, resulting in a similar model to three years ago due to concerns over volatility and in...

Financial planning

Re-think needed on growth assets: Centuria

Investors should be willing to sacrifice potential returns in order to guard against losses in a volatile post-financial crisis world, according to Centuria Capital chief...

Financial planning

Butterworth move not based on latest departures

Former DKN CEO Phil Butterworth made the decision to join a new business unit at BT Financial Group, regardless of whether fellow DKN and Lonsdale executives would also m...