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As future retirees weigh up their options on how to best distribute their post-retirement income, Chris Dastoor finds that annuities offer part of a greater option to mai...
Policy & Regulation
Superannuation funds have warned that the complexity of the superannuation system is such that the Australian Financial Complaints Authority should not judge them on the ...
Financial planning
Retirees have seen a slight increase in living costs over the last quarter, according to the ASFA Retirement Standard, with a jump in the cost of food particularly contri...
Financial planning
The Federal Treasury has been told that tailored advice is crucial to assisting consumers in selecting retirement income products....
Policy & Regulation
Insurance claims handling should not be encumbered by the same obligations as financial advice because it would risk making it unaffordable to super fund members, accordi...
Policy & Regulation
The financial services industry has delivered the Budget a muted response in circumstances where the Treasurer, Josh Frydenberg, had announced most of the Government’s fi...
Superannuation
The Federal Government has been warned that glitches in its Protecting Your Super legislation could result in fund members being treated unequally....
Financial planning
Despite many everyday expenses rising at the end of last year, such as medical services, postage, and meat, the cost of living for retirees only rose slightly for the Dec...
Superannuation
The Federal Treasury has been told that the early release of superannuation should not be used to plug some of the Federal Government’s social welfare policy gaps....
Policy & Regulation
Industry superannuation funds have welcomed the Royal Commission’s final report, but financial planning groups are concerned about the outcome for their members....
Superannuation
A new survey has revealed strong support for removing bank-provided “general” advice from the superannuation equation....
Superannuation
Superannuation funds have no desire to become compulsory third parties to divorce proceedings....
Superannuation
Federal Women’s Minister, Kelly O’Dwyer, today announced a raft of policies intended to boost superannuation for women as the Government looks to act on financial gender ...
Financial planning
Independent Financial Advisers are emerging as winners from the Royal Commission as clients shift away from bank-aligned advisers....
Superannuation
Australia could be left with as few as 25 or 30 major superannuation funds in the next decade as changes roll through the industry, not least those resulting from the Roy...
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This verdict highlights something deeply wrong and rotten at the heart of the FSCP. We are witnessing a heavy-handed, op...
Interesting. Would be good to know the details of the StrategyOne deal....
It’s astonishing to see the FAAA now pushing for more advisers by courting "career changers" and international recruits,...