FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
Superannuation
The focus by senior executives on investment options has tended to centre on greater control over their superannuation affairs, long term retirement wealth creation and e...
Financial planning
Commission disclosure for life insurance products is no stranger to controversy. Gareth Cosslett asks if the latest battle, concerning two pieces of key financial service...
Financial planning
News that the Federal Government has dropped the advance instalments on its unpopular superannuation surcharge has been widely welcomed....
Funds management
1st: Colonial First State 2nd: IOOF Group 3rd: State Super Financial Services...
Financial planning
Fund managers' efforts to become single responsible entities are being paralysed by government inaction....
Financial planning
The Financial Planning Association is developing a concerted campaign to put retirement income issues on the Federal Government's agenda. Here, Michael McKenna puts the c...
Financial planning
The unpopular Life Insurance Conduct and Disclosure (LICD) Bill has been scrapped by the Federal Government....
Financial planning
The Federal Government is beginning to show the signs of frustration that the financial services industry is feeling at the slow pace of legislation aimed at reforming th...
Funds management
Property will perform favourably against other asset classes again in 1999 and annual returns of about 10 per cent are forecast for the next three years, according to a l...
Financial planning
Commonwealth Financial Services has topped the ASSIRT quarterly inflow tables for the third time in succession, thanks largely to huge inflows into its cash management tr...
Financial planning
Australia’s total household debt rose by more than 10 per cent in the year to last October, according to Australia’s credit unions....
Financial planning
This is the first in our new series of fortnightly technical columns, in which a range of experts will outline timely issues and offer advice on how to maximise their ben...
Financial planning
The Federal Government’s tax reform agenda will have a major impact on the retail investment sector this year and could crimp one of Australia’s fastest growing retail in...
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The succession dilemma is more than just a matter of commitments.This isn’t simply about younger vs. older advisers. It’...
Significant ethical issues there. If a relationship is in the process of breaking down then both parties are likely to b...
It's not licensees not putting them on, it's small businesses (that are licensed) that cannot afford to put them on. The...