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The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) has given up on its call for the Government to conduct a wholesale review of superannuation and will instead c...

Financial planning

The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has met with the Minister for Ageing, Kevin Andrews, to develop a long term approach to demographic problems arising from Austral...

Policy & Regulation

The advantages that many of the tax-effective investment vehicles currently enjoyed by New Zealand investors may be lost soon, if Finance Minister Michael Cullen proceeds...

Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has called on planners to prepare and apply for the new financial services licence now instead of putting it o...

Financial planning

In one of this year’s biggest recruiting coups, Colonial First State has signed up one of BT Funds Management (BTFM) highest profile senior executives, Brian Bissaker, to...

People & Products

In one of this year's biggest recruiting coup's, Colonial First State has signed up one of BT Funds Management's (BTFM) highest profile senior executives, Brian Bissaker,...

Financial planning

Not content with being a renowned planner and media personality Nick Bruining has also attracted the attention of the government and for things possibly best kept private...

Financial planning

<caps>As the</caps> deadline for the long heralded new Financial Services Reform (FSR) gets closer, much activity is taking place....

Financial planning

The financial planning industry has been called on to play its part in the international fight against terrorism....

Superannuation

The majority of Australians will face an unexpectedly bleak future in retirement if they rely solely on the current superannuation system to generate their retirement inc...

Financial planning

The investment market is a changing place for the financial services consumer in 2002. Nicole Szollos looks at the trends and developments that shape and sharpen consumer...

Financial planning

If you needed even more proof that economics was far from an exact science then there is little need to look beyond the last twelve months....

Financial planning

Bridgeport executive director Robert MC Brown is frustrated when Bridgeport is described as a dealer group as he says that view ignores the essence of the group and where...

Financial planning

Growing interest in investing has also called attention to some less than professional practices. Tom Collins argues that in the public’s eye planner renumeration may fal...

Superannuation

It is with anticipation and some trepidation that the financial services industry greets the upcoming election as both parties have pushed superannuation onto the electio...

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