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

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

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

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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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