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Financial planning
New data from the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority suggests the co-contributions regime has lost some of its initial gloss....
Editorial
As superannuation fund balances rebuild to levels not seen since before the global financial crisis, Mike Taylor reflects on how little say super fund members have in the...
Financial planning
Colonial First State makes sure the Government is fully aware of its low-fee changes to FirstChoice....
Financial planning
CFS has revamped its FirstChoice Wholesale platform to offer fees lower than industry funds....
Editorial
Mike Taylor reports that the former chief justice of the High Court, Sir Anthony Mason, has pointed to the legislative challenges facing the Government in delivering an e...
Financial planning
A panel of senior financial planners has warned that ‘opt-in’ will drive up costs and abrogate the fundamental relationship between advisers and clients....
Editorial
The new lobbying group AusFIN may present a united front for consumer groups and the industry super funds, but Mike Taylor writes that a closer look at its members reveal...
Financial planning
A Money Management survey has suggested the cost of opt-in will not be cheap and it will be carried by clients....
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
Questions have been raised about the motives of industry superannuation funds offering financial planning services, with the industry defending itself against suggestions...
Superannuation
A Ballarat planner has warned the Federal Treasurer, Wayne Swan, that transition to retirement pensions may be ticking time bombs....
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
With draft legislation resulting from the Future of Financial Advice reforms due out within months, Mike Taylor writes that much more is at stake than how financial plann...
Editorial
As the Government implements its financial services reforms throughout 2011 and beyond, it can either choose to do things the 'hard way'; or the ';easy way', writes Mike ...
Financial planning
Opposition reacts to Government’s response to Cooper by alleging protection of union and industry fund interests....
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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...