SUPERANNUATION FUND MEMBERS

Financial planning

A Money Management survey has suggested the cost of opt-in will not be cheap and it will be carried by clients....

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Financial planning

The Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) has taken a largely sympathetic approach to an option within a Treasury options paper to alter the Australian F...

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Superannuation

Industry superannuation funds have reassumed their dominance as shaky share markets undermine retail master trust returns....

Financial planning

Industry superannuation funds have signalled they will be continuing their long running campaign against financial planning commissions with Industry Funds Management cha...

Superannuation

The Government embraced a modified MySuper as a central element of its election policy but, as Mike Taylor reports, there remain plenty of reasons why the concept should ...

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Editorial

The advent of intra-fund advice has given rise to online advice platforms with point-and-click delivery, writes Mike Taylor. But will the regulators be able to keep up wi...

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Editorial

The Henry Review, the Government's overview of Australia's tax system, has failed to suggest action on the life insurance/risk needs of consumers....

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Tools & guides

It is vital that superannuation fund members have an understanding of death benefits, says ING Australia's Scott Quinn....

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Financial planning

The Commonwealth Bank has urged an extension of the intra-fund advice relief to financial planners arguing they are better qualified to meet the needs of members than tru...

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Financial planning

A focus on broader superannuation policy has left a number of the technically challenging details introduced in the Better Super package unresolved, particularly where co...

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Financial planning

AIST calls for subsidisation of pre-retirement financial advice and tax deductibility for other advice....

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Financial planning

Financial planners and superannuation fund members may soon be able to compare funds based on a simple scale determined by their relative exposure to risk....

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Editorial

Chris Bowen has sent a clear message that the Government will be cherry-picking the recommendations of the Henry Tax Review....

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Financial planning

With new research revealing that Australian superannuation fund members remained rusted on to their funds despite the GFC, there are calls for more focus on the quality o...

Editorial

The Federal Government's tinkering with superannuation in the May Federal Budget and a rash of reviews have served to undermine confidence. ...

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So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

4 months 2 weeks ago

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

4 months 2 weeks ago

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

6 months 2 weeks ago

Commonwealth Bank has formally dropped to zero advisers following LGT Crestone’s acquisition of its advice arm – some six years on from the Hayne royal commission. ...

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ASIC has cancelled the AFSL of an advice firm associated with Shield and First Guardian collapses, and permanently banned its responsible manager. ...

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ASIC has banned a former NSW adviser from providing advice for 10 years for investing at least $14.8 million into a cryptocurrency-based scam. ...

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