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MLC has called for the super fund sole purpose test to be amended to allow members to pay for financial advice from their super fund....
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In the world of investment banking and financial advisors, over-confidence is used too often as a proxy of skill.This is the opinion of James Montier, global equity strat...
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The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia is pushing for regulatory amendments which would allow super funds to play a greater role in the provision of financi...
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The Australian Council of Trade Unions has used its submission to the Parliamentary Inquiry into structure and operation of the superannuation industry to argue that whil...
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The power of the FPA to discipline its own members will be put to the test in circumstances where it has confirmed it is investigating 41 complaints against 23 financial ...
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One of Australia’s largest industry superannuation funds, Equipsuper, has argued that the Government should amend the sole purpose test applying to superannuation fund tr...
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RetireInvest has signalled its intention to move further into the aged care market in the wake of its recent alliance with the Mackenzie Aged Care Group....
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Small-to-medium enterprise owners need to be educated about what financial planners do, according to Ross Cameron, former Liberal MP and director of Cameron Research Grou...
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Zurich Financial Services has introduced a new online application service for its Ezicover life insurance product aimed at giving dealer groups and other distribution par...
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Members of Generation Y are crying out for advice on financial matters despite lofty aspirations for their financial futures, a discussion forum featuring those aged 18 t...
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The Financial Planning Association is to investigate the circumstances surrounding the enforceable undertaking provided by AMP Financial Planning to the Australian Securi...
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Demands for greater transparency in financial planning is depriving lower income groups of access to financial advice, a leading financial services executive has argued....
Financial planning
In a solid endorsement of the financial planning profession, the Institute of Actuaries of Australia has expressed its opinion that consumers are best served by consultin...
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ING-owned dealer group Tandem Financial Advice has announced that its advisers will soon have access to the Inspector Compliance online management system and associated T...
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Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...
Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...