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. ...

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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...

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Financial planning

Financial advisers will be given access to annuities through platforms, as demand for annuities increases. ...

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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 ...

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Superannuation

Kinetic Super has announced the launch of an intra-fund advice service where members can get limited financial advice on their account. ...

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Superannuation

The AIST has called for financial advisers to put the best interests of consumers first for members of MySuper and choice super products....

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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....

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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...

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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)....

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Financial planning

Retirement savings calculations may be using incorrect values for the level of savings required creating a false gap between reality and expectations. ...

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Superannuation

FSC argues that Government should lift the super preservation age in line with lifting the pension age....

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Superannuation

FSC backs Commission of Audit recommendations on narrowing the gap between the age pension and the super preservation age....

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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...

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Superannuation

SPAA has used its submission to the Financial Systems Inquiry to restate its claim that SMSFs are appropriately regulated. ...

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Accounting

The IPA has called on the Government to repeal legislation that caps personal concessional contributions at 10 per cent....

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MARKET INSIGHTS

So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

2 months 3 weeks ago

Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...

3 months ago

Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...

5 months ago

ASIC has suspended the Australian Financial Services Licence of a Melbourne-based financial advice firm....

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The corporate regulator has issued infringement notices to three AFSLs whose financial advisers provided personal advice to a retail client while unregistered....

3 weeks ago

ASIC has released the results of its first adviser exam to be held in 2025, with 241 candidates attempting the test....

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