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Financial planning

12 Aug

Task force New Zealand: mission reform

By world standards, ASIC keeps advisers on a very short leash. But across the Tasman, financial intermediaries are subject to fewer restrictions. Late last year, New Zeal...

Financial planning

12 Aug

Mothoneos departs van Eyk

Senior research analyst Dennis Mothoneos has left van Eyk Research after three years with the company to join investment advisory house, Strategic Capital Management....

Financial planning

09 Aug

Queenslander charged over $270,000 swindle

A Queensland man, who allegedly operated a high-yield investment scheme and used it to dishonestly obtain $270,000, has appeared in court on seven charges brought by ASIC...

Financial planning

09 Aug

Index rates on social responsibility

A new index which tracks the performance of companies with the highest standards of corporate and social responsibility has outperformed more mainstream investment indexe...

Life/Risk

05 Aug

No AFS licence for general insurers

The corporate regulator has released a consultation paper detailing proposals to allow general insurers to operate without a licence and in a separate initiative, has pro...

Financial planning

04 Aug

Mercer compares non-retail funds

Industry, government and corporate superannuation funds have been included for comparison in an updated version of a Mercer Investment Consulting superannuation fund asse...

Life/Risk

03 Aug

Millions at risk from underinsurance

Only four per cent of Australian parents have enough life insurance cover to sustain their family’s lifestyle if either parent were to die, with 60 per cent - or 5.4 mill...

Financial planning

02 Aug

More teeth for industry watchdog

ASIC has expanded its compliance team, with Carole Ferguson joining in the new position of director, institutional and wholesale compliance....

Financial planning

02 Aug

Salary sacrifice to become preferred method for super contributions

The abolition of the superannuation surcharge for higher income earners is likely to lead to the demise of personal contributions to superannuation funds in favour of sal...

Financial planning

02 Aug

Fund strategy ignorance costing investors

Investors have been warned to look more closely at underlying asset allocations as well as performance rankings when comparing superannuation funds....