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Financial planning

Advisers looking for an alternative to the usual philanthropic vehicles can now use a prescribed private fund, Lisa Chambers and Paula Zammit write....

Financial planning

Tribeca’s Jason Menzies answers your questions in-depth....

Financial planning

With a Coalition Government not only returned to power, but also set to gain control of the Senate, what is the outlook for superannuation?...

Financial planning

For years financial planners have tried to maximise the value of partnerships with accountants, but the relationship is more often than not sub-optimal, writes Martin Ker...

Financial planning

Financial planners are about to test the waters with term allocated pensions. Ross Kelly reports....

Financial planning

Term allocated pensions may be the new kid on the block, but advisers should be wary of potential pitfalls, writes Ross Kelly....

Financial planning

How do you charge fees to your clients – upfront or ongoing? The value of your practice could double depending on how you charge for your advice, writes John Ellison....

Superannuation

The ATO has given the green light for advisers to use simple super recontribution strategies for their clients, writes Deborah Wixted....

Financial planning

The former director of a Queensland-based early release superannuation scheme has appeared in the Brisbane Magistrates Court on 21 charges of fraud brought by an Australi...

Financial planning

The Federal Government has turned up the heat on the Labor party to outline how it will pay for $1.4 billion worth of planned superannuation tax cuts, as retirement savin...

Financial planning

Just a few years ago, individually managed accounts (IMAs) were heading for the top of the charts with a bullet. Things didn’t work out exactly as planned, writes John Wi...

Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has shut down another illegal early super release scheme with the scheme’s operators surrendering their passports pen...

Financial planning

John Wilkinson looks at the demand for Australian timber driving growth in the agribusiness sector....

Financial planning

Hamish Trumbull provides an overview of alternative products that provide investors with access to Australian equities....

Financial planning

Superannuation funds with fewer than 50 members may still pay a defined benefit pension under a one-year transitional rule. Liang P Leow reports....

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