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The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has today voiced strong opposition to the Labor party’s announcement that it would oppose the Government’s plans to cut the rate ...
Financial planning
Financial services group Stockford has today launched its own master trust, Portfolio Preference, offering a suite of products to clients of Stockford Financial Services’...
Superannuation
A joint venture between three Tasmanian financial services firms – Quadrant Superannuation, Connect Financial Planning and Perpetual Trustees Tasmania - has seen the laun...
Financial planning
A review of the Managed Investments Act is to be undertaken by Malcolm Turnbull, financial services minister Joe Hockey announced in Melbourne this morning....
Financial planning
The leader of the Opposition, Kim Beazley has stated that a Labor government may legally require superannuation funds to vote with shareholders at company meetings....
Financial planning
Questions have been raised over whether the Government's proposed super fund is an expense or a capital item....
Financial planning
SMF Funds Management has won a $14 million mandate from one of the largest Victorian-based health superannuation funds....
Financial planning
New Zealand's National Party has criticised the Government's proposed superannuation fund, claiming it would contribute only a tiny percentage of the cost of future pensi...
Financial planning
Victoria’s local government supernanuation fund is to set up a regional infrastructure fund....
Financial planning
New Zealand’s funds management industry says overseas-based fund managers may snare most of the business for the Government’s proposed superannuation fund....
Financial planning
New Zealand’s funds management industry says overseas-based fund managers may snare most of the business for the Government’s proposed superannuation fund....
Financial planning
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) will appoint a statutory approved trustees (SAT) to thousands of DIY super funds as new regulations come into force....
Financial planning
Close to ten per cent of all small superannuation funds failed to make the choice to become either a Self-Managed Superannuation Fund (SMSF) or a Small APRA Fund (SAF) by...
Financial planning
Guild Commercial, the commercial arm of the Pharmacy Guild of Australia, is to change its name reflect the group’s financial service activities....
Financial planning
Your average person is usually at great pains to avoid admitting their mistakes, especially when it comes to the future of financial planning. But then again, Tom Collins...
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