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SUPERANNUATION INDUSTRY
Editorial
The combination of superannuation fund choice and the first prolonged downturn since the advent of compulsory super has fragmented the industry, writes Pauline Vamos....
Life/Risk
One of the traditional strongholds of financial planners, insurance sales, may be under threat, with the intra-fund advice regime giving superannuation funds the power to...
Financial planning
Perceived uncertainty surrounding the current reviews of superannuation needs to be seen in perspective, with the reviews providing the opportunity to lock in long-term p...
People & Products
All sectors of the superannuation industry now represented on the Cooper Review panel: SPAA....
Editorial
Dispensations granted to superannuation funds with respect to intra-fund advice are what many had hoped for but they carry the risk of reputational damage if things go wr...
Financial planning
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority has successfully pursued legal action to recover the assets of the failed Harts Staff Superannuation Fund....
Financial planning
Voluntary contributions to super have all but dried up in the face of the Federal Government's May Budget and announcements from the interim Henry Report, according to th...
Superannuation
The ATO should clarify the rules around borrowing under SMSFs as there are several risks for trustees giving personal guarantees....
Financial planning
The push to reduce super fees to an average of 1 per cent and create fee transparency will create demand pressure on costs....
Life/Risk
Despite recent headway made in reducing the underinsurance problem, too many Australians are still too exposed to risk....
Financial planning
Thanks to the Rudd Labor Government's first Cabinet reshuffle financial services now has a seat at the Cabinet table but, as Mike Taylor reports, it remains for the indus...
Financial planning
New Federal Financial Services Minister Chris Bowen would consider legislating against the use of commissions as remuneration in the superannuation industry "as a last re...
People & Products
A representative from Australia's superannuation industry will sit on the Financial Reporting Council for the first time....
Editorial
The Rudd Government’s second Budget could have been much tougher than it ultimately proved to be, writes Mike Taylor....
Financial planning
Significant structural changes are looming in the financial services industry, and both companies and financial planners must evolve to meet the new expectations of Gover...
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MARKET INSIGHTS
Podcast
Significant ethical issues there. If a relationship is in the process of breaking down then both parties are likely to b...
It's not licensees not putting them on, it's small businesses (that are licensed) that cannot afford to put them on. The...
So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...