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Funds management

Australia is well-positioned to be at the forefront of the future of private capital, with total private capital assets under management reaching a record $68 billion. ...

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Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has admitted that its earlier pronouncements on ending grandfathered commissions was based on sample-sized data....

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Superannuation

Making her first official address as Assistant Minister for Superannuation, Senator Jane Hume has today confirmed that the Morrison Government intends to return to the Pr...

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Policy & Regulation

The Australian Banking Association has defended vertical integration and the ability of the major banks to self-regulate when it comes to ‘simplifying’ such structures....

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Superannuation

The SMSF Association has rejected Australian Council of Trade Unions calls' for another inquiry into the SMSF sector....

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Superannuation

The Productivity Commission’s controversial ‘best in show’ default super fund list could prove hard to break into, as economies of scale see the 10 funds to feature exten...

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Financial planning

The move to require specialist qualifications to give advice on SMSFs could come from the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority within two years, according to ...

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Superannuation

The Productivity Commission report has missed an opportunity to show how the industry’s pre-tax investment focus might penalise members who retire on after-tax returns....

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SMSF

While the Productivity Commission modified its earlier findings to better reflect true SMSF returns in its final report, Class has warned that aspects of its calculations...

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Financial planning

With adviser education set to be a continued focus for the industry in the new year, the SMSF Association has welcomed the Productivity Commission’s call for high advice ...

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Superannuation

BT Financial Group has welcomed the release of the Productivity Commission’s final report into Australia’s superannuation system....

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Superannuation

The financial services industry needs to make it easier for Australians to manager their super and help reduce the risks of unnecessary fees, according to Dixon Advisory....

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Superannuation

Industry Super Australia has told the Productivity Commission that some retail funds and self-managed superannuation fund promoters have pursued ‘confusion marketing stra...

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Superannuation

Industry Super Australia has called on the opinion of a specialist industrial lawyer to try to prove the Productivity Commission wrong about how default superannuation fu...

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Superannuation

The OpenInvest online marketplace and platform has launched, with self-managed superannuation fund trustees the primary market. ...

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