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Financial planning

The expected 2013 Budget cuts to the Public Service may encompass APRA and ASIC....

Editorial

With shrinking planner interest and very few product suppliers left in the market, the reverse mortgage sector is screaming for attention, Andrew Tsanadis writes. ...

Editorial

Southeast Asian nations’ superior growth rates, lower leverage and huge infrastructure spending are looking increasingly attractive, according to Fidelity’s Gareth Nichol...

Financial planning

Prime Super has joined the growing list of superannuation funds to gain approval from the APRA for a MySuper product....

Editorial

An important statistical snippet came to light during the hearings into legally enshrining the terms ‘financial planner/adviser’ – nearly 50 per cent of planners/advisers...

Superannuation

Industry broadly welcomes Government’s decision to include contribution cap rise for over-60s in Budget....

Superannuation

Assuming the Government's proposed changes to superannuation become law, they are likely to have a significant impact on certain super fund members. DBA Lawyers' Daniel B...

Superannuation

Treasury officials have briefed the industry on the legislation to remove super tax concessions to upper-income earners....

Superannuation

If the Government’s super tax changes ever make it into law, they are likely to create planning opportunities....

Financial planning

Warning that FOFA fee disclosure requirements will create more problems than they fix....

Superannuation

The Govt’s move on super tax concessions for high income earners from the last Budget has finally made it into legislation....

Editorial

Legal experts Samantha Hills and Grant Holley dissect the best interests duty and the obligations that come with it....

Editorial

With the Federal Budget, end of financial year and Federal Election looming, the financial planning industry is still facing a number of critical legislative loose ends. ...

Superannuation

While the compulsory superannuation guarantee charge (SGC) rate will increase from 9 to 9.25 per cent on 1 July 2013, many Australians may not have thought about how it's...

Superannuation

The Federal Government this week released the draft regulations covering MySuper funds, highlighting that product providers will be required to disclose investment risk, ...

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