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Recent changes to age pension assets and income means tests have created a number of opportunities for financial advisers, writes Ryan Krawitz....
Superannuation
Many clients can benefit from a strategy that involves a combination of salary sacrifice contributions and co-contributions, writes Deborah Wixted....
Financial planning
The Financial Planning Association has called for an overhaul of the education standards for financial planners, including a minimum tertiary qualification requirement by...
Financial planning
The Industry Super Network has combined with Choice, ACOSS and the ACTU to place pressure on the Ripoll inquiry just days before it is due to report....
Financial planning
With universal rejection of the proposal to mandate superannuation investment into infrastructure assets, the search for alternative methods to meet the shortfall in infr...
Editorial
Hit hard by the global financial crisis, the value of infrastructure in portfolios is being questioned by investors, writes Amal Awad....
Editorial
Trustees should be free to make investment decisions without regulatory influences that create artificial markets for certain classes, writes Pauline Vamos....
Financial planning
Financial advice is now rated as the most valuable employee benefit, particularly among people over 50, according to Mercer's David Anderson. Meanwhile, FPA chief Jo-Anne...
Financial planning
A soft compulsion system for super would help overcome the apathy most working Australians have towards their super without increasing the financial burden on businesses,...
Financial planning
The Government has announced it will use Medicare Australia as its administration platform for the superannuation clearing house service for small businesses....
Financial planning
The number of financial planners placing corporate super books on the market has spiked on the back of concerns about legislative risk, while planners are also concerned ...
Financial planning
ASIC has granted transitional relief that will allow class action against groups including Great Southern to continue without disruption until at least the middle of next...
Financial planning
The China A share market experienced a fall in share prices in the September quarter, but a report from AMP Capital Investors said it was a "healthy correction" that ease...
Editorial
Research from Wealth Insights and Investment Trends reinforces the degree to which financial planners understand the need for remuneration reform....
Superannuation
Financial planners have been witness to a rush of new retirement income products hitting the market but, as Liam Egan explains, the fall-out from the global financial cri...
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The succession dilemma is more than just a matter of commitments.This isn’t simply about younger vs. older advisers. It’...
Significant ethical issues there. If a relationship is in the process of breaking down then both parties are likely to b...
It's not licensees not putting them on, it's small businesses (that are licensed) that cannot afford to put them on. The...