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Financial planning

ASIC is trailing other industry bodies when it comes to relevance and engagement with advisers, a financial planning group believes. ...

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Editorial

A close reading of the submissions so far lodged with the Senate Committee investigating the operations of ASIC suggests the newly-elected Abbott Government will be right...

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Superannuation

Industry fund chairman expresses concern that improper advice is driving member departures to SMSFs. ...

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Financial planning

Former Trio director Kurt Groenveld enters three-and-a-half year enforceable undertaking with APRA. ...

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Superannuation

Are SMSFs contributing to a property bubble and gaining an unfair advantage in the process? Peter Kelly begs to differ....

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Editorial

The Federal Treasurer, Joe Hockey, has signalled a “son of Wallis” review of the Australian financial system and, as Mike Taylor writes, the industry is already starting ...

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Financial planning

IOOF has received its MySuper licence approval from APRA and has signalled it will be offering a "dynamically managed diversified investment strategy" via its IOOF Balanc...

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Financial planning

ISA and AIST call for simpler process around lifting advice qualification standards....

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Financial planning

Morningstar analysis paints the big four banks as being an oligopoly which is stronger now than before the GFC....

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Superannuation

The superannuation playing field is not tilted in favour of SMSFs but they do benefit from being more nimble, according to SPAA....

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Financial planning

Paul Derham draws on extensive recent research to provides tips to help financial planners sail through their next licensee compliance audit. ...

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Superannuation

Link Group has acquired technology vendor Syncsoft....

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Financial planning

One of the pilot companies for APRA’s new reporting regime has launched a new service. ...

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Superannuation

Super funds which lose members to SMSFs are unlikely to see them come back....

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Financial planning

APRA warns lenders against letting the current low interest rate environment drive up unsustainable housing credit....

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