FINANCIAL PLANNING

Financial planning

ClearView has reported a solid first half which included its acquisition of Matrix....

Financial planning

Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand are urging the Government to simplify the arrangements around the tax deductibility of advice fees....

Superannuation

Retirees should be given incentives to cash-in on their homes without being penalised by the Age Pension assets test an expert believes....

Financial planning

Financial planners should be actively engaging with clients at present to address portfolio return expectations which will need to cover expected long term muted equity a...

Superannuation

People with ulterior motives are misusing Treasury data to drive their own agendas, according to a Money Management roundtable....

Financial planning

NAB Wealth counters media reports saying that where problems with its planning arm have been identified it has acted and compensated those affected. ...

Financial planning

ASIC has released updated guidelines regarding Enforceable Undertakings (EU) stating it would provide further details as to the level of compliance attained by groups iss...

Financial planning

ASIC deputy chairman, Peter Kell, says the regulator is not yet facing a rush by accountants to be licensed....

Financial planning

The ABA is backing the Federal Government’s recommendation of co-regulation as a solution to FOFA issues....

Financial planning

A quarter of the generation Y group prefer going to friends and family for financial advice than professionals. ...

Financial planning

The Assistant Treasurer has confirmed he will consult all relevant stakeholders in the advice sector before putting into place any recommendations around adviser standard...

Financial planning

Assistant Treasurer, Josh Frydenberg has outlined the Government’s agenda for planning including the possibility of a national exam and co-regulation....

Financial planning

PJC chairman, Senator David Fawcett points to evolving model for financial planning....

Financial planning

Politicians from all sides of politics want planners’ education standard lifted to stop “cowboys and shysters” from providing inappropriate advice....

Financial planning

Macquarie Group will compensate 80 clients, or around 13 per cent of cases reviewed in its client remediation work, but more may follow....

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