FINANCIAL PLANNING

Life/Risk

APRA data combines with research from Munich Re to point to badly flawed disability insurance market....

Financial planning

Assuming the Budget's asset test changes pass through the Senate advisers and their clients will have until 2017 to change their strategy, if their account-based pension ...

Life/Risk

The length of time taken to transition to new hybrid remuneration structures remains the last major issue to be resolved resulting from the Trowbridge Report....

Financial planning

Almost half of Australian households would have enough income to last them only three months or less if the main income earner were to lose their job. ...

Financial planning

It seems small businesses are responding to the Federal Budget’s stimulus with spending at a record high in May since 2012....

Superannuation

The States are adding costs to deferred lifetime annuities by imposing ambiguous and uncertain stamp duty rules....

Financial planning

The FPA’s national roadshow on retirement planning and best interest duty attracted almost 3000 registrations, with two shows remaining. ...

People & Products

NAB Wealth has appointed Greg Miller as executive general manager, wealth advice....

Financial planning

AMP executive director of financial planning, Steve Helmich, is to leave the business in September....

Funds management

Errors on white-labelled Macquarie platforms lead to refunds payments to 2300 present and former clients....

People & Products

Former FPA chairman, Matthew Rowe, steps down as managing director of Hood Sweeney to pursue studies....

People & Products

Dealer group Fortnum Financial Group has approved use of Colonial First State’s FirstWrap platform....

People & Products

Aura Group has moved to focus on the post-accountants exemption environment by acquiring a majority stake in AFG....

Superannuation

The Federal Government has been warned against tinkering with the super tax concessions in a way which would undermine the purpose of super....

Financial planning

Financial planners have been told they are to lose the grandfathered remuneration status of super to pension transfers under FirstChoice....

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