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Financial planning

Mercer has appointed Guy Thorburn to the role of business leader for retirement, risk and finance (RRF) consulting for Australia and New Zealand, leaving the incumbent, T...

Financial planning

Australia is still lagging behind international standards when it comes to gender diversity on company boards, according to new research from the Australian Prudential Re...

Editorial

Robert Keavney recognises the trend for industry super funds to establish financial advice businesses, like their retail competitors. But he asks the question: Whose mone...

Superannuation

The aggregate cost for a couple living comfortably in retirement increased by 0.5 per cent in the September quarter to nearly $54,000 a year, according to the latest West...

Financial planning

While there has been some speculation that Perpetual would be the next logical takeover target in a rapidly consolidating Australian wealth management industry, few expec...

Financial planning

A joint move by ASIC and APRA to suspend Trio Capital (formerly Astarra Capital) as trustee of four superannuation funds and a pooled super trust generated significant co...

Superannuation

Industry funds remain the fastest-growing segment of the mainstream superannuation sector....

Financial planning

The increasing take up of intra-fund advice will be one of the contributing factors to the 9.5 per cent predicted growth of the total risk insurance market by 2025, accor...

Editorial

Recent comments by Assistant Treasurer and Minister for Financial Services Bill Shorten have brought the Government's willingness to consult with the industry about FOFA ...

Tools & guides

David O'Connell explains the advantages of the new rules for superannuation borrowing....

Life/Risk

Australia’s tax regime should be amended to give insurance cover the same status irrespective of whether it is obtained inside or outside of superannuation....

Superannuation

Superannuation funds should be made to separately detail the cost of providing intra-fund advice and advertising expenditure, according to Financial Planning Association ...

Superannuation

Financial Services Minister Bill Shorten has effectively moved the debate about the SG increase away from the implementation of a super profits resource rent tax and into...

Financial planning

A leading superannuation body has responded to industry calls for regulatory intervention in investment labelling and promotion by claiming industry-wide agreement on the...

Superannuation

Shorten has issued an assurance that the shape of MySuper is not a fait accompli....

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MARKET INSIGHTS

So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

5 months ago

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

5 months ago

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

7 months 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. ...

4 weeks ago

The FSCP has issued a written direction to an adviser who charged clients “extraordinary fees” for inappropriate and conflicted advice, as well as encouraged them to swit...

1 week 3 days ago

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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