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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...

Accounting

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

Financial planning

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

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....

Financial planning

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

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...

Superannuation

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

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...

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...

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....

Life/Risk

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

Superannuation

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

Financial planning

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

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...

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?...

4 months 3 weeks ago

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

4 months 4 weeks ago

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

7 months ago

Commonwealth Bank has formally dropped to zero advisers following LGT Crestone’s acquisition of its advice arm – some six years on from the Hayne royal commission. ...

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The FSCP has issued a written direction to an adviser who charged clients “extraordinary fees” for inappropriate and conflicted advice, as well as encouraged them to swit...

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ASIC has cancelled the AFSL of an advice firm associated with Shield and First Guardian collapses, and permanently banned its responsible manager. ...

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