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Financial planning

Mathias Cormann, David Whiteley and John Brogden to debate MySuper implications in Sydney next week at a joint Money Management/Association of Financial Advisers thought ...

Superannuation

The new superannuation environment that will evolve out of the Government's MySuper changes will be debated at a special Money Management/Association of Financial Adviser...

Superannuation

Superannuation industry bodies and Minister Shorten have welcomed the passage of the third tranche of the MySuper laws....

Superannuation

The Financial Services Council (FSC) has welcomed legislation that supports fund mergers through an exemption on capital gains tax (CGT)....

Superannuation

Australians and New Zealanders can consolidate their Australian and New Zealand earned retirement savings after the Federal Government passed the trans-Tasman retirement ...

Financial planning

The financial services industry has generally welcomed the Federal Government's announcement of market integrity rules covering high frequency trading and dark pools....

Financial planning

The Federal Government has moved to review the financial market licensing regime in the context of not only high frequency trading but other changes in the financial serv...

People & Products

AIST chief executive Fiona Reynolds will leave her position to take on a new role as managing director for the UNPRI in London....

Editorial

The Government claims it has delivered on the Productivity Commission’s default fund recommendations, but Mike Taylor writes that the devil is in the detail....

Editorial

With ASIC's Peter Kell pointing to a level of life insurance policy churning to warrant regulatory concern, it is time for a clear definition of 'churn'....

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Life/Risk

The Financial Services Council (FSC) is understood to be close to reaching a compromise on its so-called Life Insurance framework which, if agreed, would give advisers a ...

Life/Risk

RGA Reinsurance Company managing director Pauline Blight-Johnston will join AMP from May next year, replacing Ian Campbell in the role of director wealth protection and m...

Financial planning

Synchron director Don Trapnell has called the FSC's proposed adviser remuneration model anti-competitive....

Superannuation

The Federal Opposition has questioned the motivations behind the Government's decision to fund an Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) push to encourage...

Life/Risk

ASIC Commissioner Peter Kell told Money Management there was enough life policy churning in the financial advice industry for the regulator to be concerned about the issu...

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So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

6 months ago

Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...

6 months 1 week ago

Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...

8 months 1 week ago

Despite the financial adviser exam being rooted in ethics, two professional year advisers believe the lack of support and transparency from the regulator around the exam ...

3 weeks ago

Australian retirees could increase their projected annual incomes by as much as 51 per cent through comprehensive financial advice, according to a Vanguard study, but cos...

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ASIC has banned two advisers from the same advice firm for giving clients inappropriate superannuation advice that was not in their best interests. ...

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