RETIREMENT SAVINGS
Editorial
Instead of viewing SMSFs as competition to the advice sector, they should be seen as a lucrative market for advisers to tap into, as Tracy Williams explains. ...
Editorial
With the demographic certainty of an ageing population, financial advice will play a critical role in enhancing retirement incomes and reducing the strain on the public p...
Financial planning
Financial advisers will be given access to annuities through platforms, as demand for annuities increases. ...
Financial planning
More Australian millennials trust financial service providers than those around the world, but few have seen retirement products targeted at them, an international study ...
Superannuation
Kinetic Super has announced the launch of an intra-fund advice service where members can get limited financial advice on their account. ...
Superannuation
The AIST has called for financial advisers to put the best interests of consumers first for members of MySuper and choice super products....
Funds management
The apparent disconnect between retirement savings and untapped home equity is one of the most puzzling situations in the financial services space, according to Deloitte....
Financial planning
Recent policy changes have made preparation – and the role of planners – more critical than ever in the post-retirement space. However, even for planners, it’s not an eas...
Superannuation
Superannuation bodies have urged Clive Palmer to save the low income super contribution (LISC) scheme by voting down the repeal of the Mining Resources Rent Tax (MRRT)....
Financial planning
Retirement savings calculations may be using incorrect values for the level of savings required creating a false gap between reality and expectations. ...
Superannuation
FSC argues that Government should lift the super preservation age in line with lifting the pension age....
Superannuation
FSC backs Commission of Audit recommendations on narrowing the gap between the age pension and the super preservation age....
Superannuation
The FSC has released new research suggesting employers are increasingly valuing older workers at the same time as renewing its call for a lifting of the super preservatio...
Superannuation
SPAA has used its submission to the Financial Systems Inquiry to restate its claim that SMSFs are appropriately regulated. ...
Accounting
The IPA has called on the Government to repeal legislation that caps personal concessional contributions at 10 per cent....
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Podcast
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...