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Editorial

With accountancy body the National Tax and Accountants' Association setting up a financial planning arm specifically aimed at getting accountants back into the advice spa...

Financial planning

Accountants move to increase their foothold in the financial planning arena with new association....

Superannuation

The Australian Taxation Office has revealed the degree to which compliance activity has escalated with the growth in SMSFs....

Superannuation

Super assets take hit in June quarter with corporate funds most exposed, but annualised data remains positive....

Superannuation

An increasing number of investors are not getting enough information and advice on self-managed superannuation funds (SMSFs) and are suffering as a result, according to W...

Financial planning

Colonial First State’s (CFS’s) wrap platform, FirstWrap, has reached its $1 billion in funds under advice milestone - one year after it was launched....

Superannuation

New FINSIA research reveals continuing challenges regarding financial wellbeing in retirement, including operational risks for SMSFs in retirement....

Superannuation

The Self-Managed Super Fund Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) has welcomed the Federal Government's endorsement of a SPAA/Australian Artists Association art ...

Funds management

A Melbourne property promoter has been disqualified from managing corporations for five years following his involvement in 26 failed companies....

Superannuation

A new group has been established to help accountants get around the advice exemption changes for SMSFs without getting an AFSL....

Financial planning

The Australian Taxation Office was required to give assistance to the Far North Queensland city of Cairns this year following a number of financial crises hitting the reg...

Superannuation

Cooper Review gets mixed response from the industry, with most lamenting its failure to address superannuation savings adequacy....

Financial planning

Thornton Group and Tulare Financial Planners merge their operations....

Superannuation

The ATO tightens the screws on SMSF trustees and illegal early release schemes....

Financial planning

Australia’s total estimated superannuation assets increased by 2.6 per cent in the March 2010 quarter to $1.26 trillion....

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