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Industry Super Network uses more research to pressure Govt on annual opt in....
Superannuation
The self-managed super fund (SMSF) sector holds enormous potential for the advice sector, driven by the needs of a middle tier of trustees keen for guidance, according a ...
Life/Risk
In the wake of the Queensland floods, the Federal Government and Insurance Council of Australia (ICA) have agreed to develop a mandatory definition of ‘flood’...
Editorial
The Assistant Treasurer, Bill Shorten, faces the prospect of some serious horse-trading in both houses of Parliament to get the financial advice 'opt in' legislation pass...
Financial planning
Cash remains king in the minds of many clients as they monitor the slow recovery from the global financial crisis and, as Benjamin Levy reports, it rests with advisers to...
Editorial
Stephen Kunz explains why 2011 is the year for the Government to resolve some outstanding superannuation and financial services initiatives....
Financial planning
Ten months after he climbed Mount Kosciuszko as part of a losing bet, Steve Keen is still adamant that house prices are on the way down. Ashleigh McIntyre reports....
Financial planning
Superannuation is unlikely to provide an adequate retirement income, so the Government must prioritise longevity risk policies and develop a new-generation variable annui...
Superannuation
A Ballarat planner has warned the Federal Treasurer, Wayne Swan, that transition to retirement pensions may be ticking time bombs....
Financial planning
The FPA welcomes continued primacy of ASIC in regulating planners on tax advice....
Editorial
Another round of research aimed at defining the attitudes of financial planners appears to have confirmed the existence of a generational divide on some of the key questi...
Editorial
Geoff Wilbow explains why the current superannuation contribution caps are counterproductive and inefficient....
Policy & Regulation
The Government has good intentions with the Future of Financial Advice (FOFA) reforms, but the advice industry needs to make sure history is not repeated, according to th...
Superannuation
ASFA urges Government to separate the lifting of the super guarantee from implementing a Minerals Resource Rent Tax....
Financial planning
Major insurers need to work on clearer flood definitions, and work with the Government to address the lack of flood insurance and affordability....
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Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...
Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...