GOVERNMENT

Financial planning

The Government has tabled a bill that will give individuals the option to have excess concessional contributions of $10,000 or less refunded from their superannuation acc...

Financial planning

CPA Australia warns of uncertainty generated by Government's tightening of anti-avoidance provisions....

Financial planning

The Government has tabled a bill that will give individuals the option to have excess concessional contributions of $10,000 or less refunded from their superannuation acc...

Editorial

High returns can be accessed from fixed interest markets, but it is vital that investors have a portfolio that is properly diversified if they want to keep the returns th...

Policy & Regulation

The financial services industry has turned its attention to the parliamentary independents in the wake of the failure of the PJC reviewing the FOFA bills....

Policy & Regulation

The divide between Government and Coalition members of the PJC reviewing the FOFA bills means their fate resides with the independents....

Policy & Regulation

A perception that volume rebates from product issuers to dealer groups will be allowed "in some shape or form" by the FOFA reforms prompted a turnaround in financial plan...

Superannuation

Aaron Dunn provides five SMSF suggestions that could be used to attract new business in 2012....

Editorial

The Australian financial services industry is facing some serious challenges through 2012 – something which Financial Services Council chief executive John Brogden pointe...

Policy & Regulation

Coalition dissents on Parliamentary Joint Committee's FOFA report and argues for the abandoning of financial advice opt-in and for changes to best interests....

Financial planning

The Financial Ombudsman Service has admitted it has only minimal specific information about the number of intra-fund advice disputes it handles....

Financial planning

Eyes on David Bradbury to replace Mark Arbib....

Financial planning

Customer satisfaction among Australian banks has grown to its highest level in the past 16 years, but sentiment among business customers still lags behind that of persona...

Financial planning

Eyes on David Bradbury to replace Mark Arbib....

Financial planning

Customer satisfaction among Australian banks has grown to its highest level in the past 16 years, but sentiment among business customers still lags behind that of persona...

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