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Financial planning

The FPA has renewed its call for the Government to make up-front advice fees tax deductible and has urged the Budget impact be assessed by the Productivity Commission....

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Financial planning

Actuaries claim many Austrlaian retirees are living too frugally and barriers impeding appropriate retirement products have to be removed....

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Funds management

The Council of Financial Regulators is set to conduct its second review of competition in the clearing of Australian cash equities in three years....

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Superannuation

The Senate has passed a bill that abolishes duplicative payslip reporting provisions in superannuation legislation, a move the Federal Government says will reduce red tap...

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Funds management

Treasury Group is expected to increase its stake in Northern Lights Capital Group following a successful capital raising which was oversubscribed by more than five times ...

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Financial planning

Both educational qualifications and professional association membership will be later additions to the Government’s financial planner register....

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Funds management

ASIC has been told there needs to be greater clarity between what represents a ‘fee’ and a ‘cost’ in Product Disclosure Statements....

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Superannuation

AustralianSuper has joined a growing list of supporters for a MyPension product....

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Financial planning

The financial services sector needs a new ASIC commissioner specifically to deal with international regulatory issues....

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Funds management

Strong performances by boutique partners have seen Treasury Group’s FUM rise by 49 per cent in the last financial year....

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Policy & Regulation

The Federal Government appears to have more clearly defined the boundaries of stakeholder status for ASIC and APRA....

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Financial planning

The FSC is pressing the Goverment to form a financial services export coordination body....

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Financial planning

Treasury Group announces merger transaction with US-based multi-boutique, Northern Lights....

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Financial planning

The Government has launched a review of post-retirement products with a Treasury paper acknowledging current rules are imposing limitations. ...

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Policy & Regulation

Senior Treasury officials deny the Treasury has endorsed ISA-sponsored Rice Warner research on FOFA implications....

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