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Financial planning

The Federal Government has released a paper outlining the implementation for its policy on the portability of superannuation but has come under immediate criticism from t...

Financial planning

Financial advisers need to be aware of the tax and property rights implications following the passage of new legislation passed by the NSW Parliament in June 1999. NABIL ...

Financial planning

The Financial Planning Association (FPA) wants to see legislation for a national professional standards act put in place to solve the current professional indemnity (PI) ...

Financial planning

Alternative investments have become increasingly attractive to retail investors as knowledge and awareness of the sector gains pace. While infrastructure funds have been ...

Financial planning

THE profile of infrastructure funds, particularly those involved in the aviation sector, has been assisted of late with the recent purchase, and privatisation, of Sydney’...

Financial planning

Who will pay for the costs of implementing the Financial Services Reform Act is a question that has been lost in the noise of the rollout of the Act. JASON SPITS examines...

Financial planning

Small superannuation funds that lost money as a result of the collapse of the Commercial Nominees of Australia (CNA) trustee group will have up to 90 per cent of the loss...

Financial planning

The Federal Government’s plans to allow couples to split their superannuation contributions could be in danger after the Labor party revealed it would oppose the measures...

Financial planning

Industry super funds have accepted member choice is probably inevitable, but will argue for a socially responsible model as the compromise, says Industry Fund Services ex...

Superannuation

Most financial planners could be excused for thinking that things have gone a little quiet in the world of superannuation....

Life/Risk

The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has threatened to take its case directly to the Government if it fails to broker a solution with the insurance industry over the ...

Financial planning

Financial planning group RetireInvest has indicated that this year it will embark on an ambitious growth program to increase it planner numbers from 267 to 310 as well as...

Financial planning

Investors have continued to embrace the venture capital sector, figures from the latest Australian Bureau of Statistics survey (ABS) have revealed, despite the slowing of...

Financial planning

Former employees of the Harts Australasia Group will this week finally receive payment of their outstanding salary and leave entitlements owed to them since the group's c...

Financial planning

Paul Lahiff is a man with rollback on his mind, and it has nothing to do with the GST....

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