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Financial planning

Organisations should not be surprised if employees exhibit bad culture if the firm is focused on metrics and give rewards based on meeting targets, according to a panel....

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Superannuation

Senator Jane Hume has sought to dispel myths and excuses trustees have used to avoid merging....

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Life/Risk

Five terminal illness claims and two death claims have already been turned away by Hostplus for members unaware of the PYS changes and the fund believes this is just the ...

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Superannuation

The Government would be well-advised focusing on Age Pension taper rates rather than superannuation within its upcoming retirement incomes review, according to Australian...

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Policy & Regulation

In a bid to lift regulatory burden on super funds the two regulators are looking to share data for areas of common interest....

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Financial planning

Australian Super chief executive, Ian Silk has questioned whether industry funds might have to accept responsibility for the quality of advice provided by Independent Fin...

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Funds management

Bubbles have the ability to derail economic growth and a recession in the future will be trigger by a financial shock along with a lack of corporate confidence....

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Superannuation

The retirement income review’s model will be able to dispel the contagious false narratives such as spiralling inflation and plummeting house prices that disproportionate...

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Superannuation

Superannuation funds could be placed at a significant disadvantage in competing to recruit investment management professionals under the extension of elements of the Bank...

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Superannuation

SMSF members are saving well above the comfortable retirement standards, according to Accurium....

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Features

Mike Taylor writes that in the half-decade of discussion around retirement incomes policy there has been plenty of talk, multiple proposals but very little real progress....

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Superannuation

The Federal Government was warned more than a year ago that its move to impose a minimum fee cap on superannuation balances was opening to manipulation and gaming....

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Policy & Regulation

The major financial services regulators need to be comprehensively audited to ensure they are actually delivering value for money in the work that they do reflecting the ...

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Editorial

The Treasurer, Josh Frydenberg’s decision to task the Standing Committee on Economics with reviewing the implementation of the Royal Commission recommendations has seriou...

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Superannuation

New research has confirmed that Government changes to the rules are making it harder for people to accumulate more than $2 million in their superannuation accounts....

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