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Life/Risk

Tower Australia has revamped its Accelerated Protection life insurance offering and made it available on the IOOF Pursuit platform....

Superannuation

The Self-Managed Super Fund Professionals Association (SPAA) has rejected the Federal Government's proposal to raise the concessional superannuation contribution cap to $...

Financial planning

The superannuation industry wants an increase in the superannuation guarantee to 12 per cent, with or without the implementation of a Mineral Resource Rent Tax, according...

Financial planning

The superannuation contributions clearing house established within Medicare should be transferred to the ATO, according to AAS chief John McMurtrie....

Superannuation

Australians have the right attitude towards their super, but many are still not aware of the additional services their fund provides, according to research by the Austral...

Financial planning

Count Financial has formed an alliance with Centrepoint Finance, which will expand Count's asset finance service to small business clients and help it overcome funding is...

Funds management

Residential property has failed to be fully embraced in the financial advice process due to a lack of innovation and poor regard, but the situation may improve in the dri...

Financial planning

The Government has accepted recommendations related to the implementation of the Minerals Resources Rent Tax, paving the way for an increase in the superannuation guarant...

Financial planning

Several financial planners have called for due process to be instituted to give advisers the ability to appeal against a determination brought against them by the Financi...

Financial planning

The Government has banned mortgage exit fees, a step that it claims will boost competition - although some members of the mortgage industry say it will have the opposite ...

Financial planning

The FPA has responded to the ISN's claims of a 'crisis of confidence' with the financial planning industry by encouraging planning clients to ensure advice they receive i...

Financial planning

An index measuring the after-effects of capital gains tax has been launched by the FTSE Group and the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA)....

Financial planning

Intra-fund advice will not be excluded from ASIC's shadow shopping exercise targeting retirement advice, which the regulator has announced will be revived again this year...

Financial planning

The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) is about to launch a special award for female financial advisers, aimed at tackling the gender gap in the industry....

Financial planning

Industry funds launch national print campaign supporting intra-fund advice....

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