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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...

Financial planning

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 ...

Financial planning

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...

Financial planning

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....

Financial planning

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...

Life/Risk

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...

Financial planning

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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Financial planning

The Financial Planning Association is to investigate the circumstances surrounding the enforceable undertaking provided by AMP Financial Planning to the Australian Securi...

Financial planning

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...

Financial planning

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...

Financial planning

AMP expects the focus of financial advice to shift as a result of the proposed changes to superannuation announced in this year’s Federal Budget, but has rejected suggest...

Financial planning

Gregory Clements and Neil Manning have appeared in the Perth Magistrates Court as the result of an ASIC investigation that alleged they provided financial advice without ...

Financial planning

Banning exit fees on super funds and restricting statements of advice to less than four pages will form part of Labor’s new financial services policy platform to be relea...

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