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Editorial

While investing offshore is beginning to look attractive once again, even the experts recognise there are potential problems for the unwary among the opportunities, and t...

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Accounting

FPA and AFA make last-ditch call for financial planner elements of TASA bill to be removed to allow appropriate review....

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Financial planning

The Shadow Assistant Treasurer, Senator Mathias Cormann, is keynote at an upcoming Super Review thought leadership breakfast....

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Financial planning

BNP Paribas Investment Partners has launched a new investment product — the Carnegie WorldWide Equity Trust — off the back of its alliance with Carnegie Asset Management....

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Financial planning

Self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) associations are celebrating another win after the Federal Government quietly removed proposals to restrict related party transact...

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Financial planning

The Mortgage and Finance Association of Australia (MFAA) has provided further details on its self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) lending training program for credit a...

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Superannuation

Super contribution cap welcomed for older workers but slug on higher earners is disincentive and adds complexity to system...

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Superannuation

Web-based registry platform DST Bluedoor will expand into Europe after partnering with International Financial Data Services (IFDS), a joint venture between DST Systems a...

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Superannuation

Corporate super advisers will need to team up with super fund administrators to ensure a continuation of their revenue stream as a result of the combined effects of the F...

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Financial planning

AFA chief executive Brad Fox says the AFA will re-engage with the FSC around churn but that the major insurers must also ante up....

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Life/Risk

Letter from Shorten and consultation with ASIC prompts FSC to reopen moves for self-regulation around churn. ...

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Superannuation

An ASFA submission has confirmed the degree to which super funds are evolving to meet the retail market....

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Financial planning

Only the Coalition in the Senate stands between the passage of the legislation enshrining ‘planner’/‘adviser’....

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Editorial

Geoff Summerhayes argues that there exist parallels between the public’s acceptance of sustainable energy and the push for a sustainable life insurance industry, with the...

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Financial planning

Financial advisers who focus on communication with clients benefit at the bottom line...

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So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

3 months 1 week ago

Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...

3 months 2 weeks ago

Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...

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A former Victorian financial adviser has been sentenced after stealing $4.4 million from clients, family and friends to feed his “raging gambling addiction”....

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A financial advice firm has been penalised $11 million in the Federal Court for providing ‘cookie cutter advice’ to its clients and breaching conflicted remuneration rule...

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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has confirmed who will succeed Stephen Jones to serve as the Assistant Treasurer and Financial Services Minister. ...

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