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Financial planning

The Industry Super Network has reaffirmed its commitment to investing in unlisted assets despite the recent outperformance of retail master trusts....

Financial planning

The Industry Super Network has reaffirmed its commitment to investing in unlisted assets despite the recent outperformance of retail master trusts....

Financial planning

The reverse mortgage market has faced a great deal of criticism over the years. Angela Faherty looks at the issues facing the sector and asks whether it can ever shake of...

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Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) is facing pressure to report on its use of an extensive set of data collected from the financial services indu...

Financial planning

A forward-looking supervision action plan tailored to respective financial institutions is the centrepiece of APRA’s successful approach to supervision, according t...

Financial planning

Reserve Bank Governor Glenn Stevens has warned against the finance industry becoming too aggressive. ...

Editorial

The advent of intra-fund advice has given rise to online advice platforms with point-and-click delivery, writes Mike Taylor. But will the regulators be able to keep up wi...

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Financial planning

A new analysis suggests Australians have emerged from the GFC ready to embrace more debt....

Financial planning

The Industry Super Network has accused the ABC of negatively misrepresenting superannuation returns, including those for the retail master trusts....

Financial planning

The Government's election policy embrace of MySuper has gained qualified industry endorsement, with warnings to end union/industry fund dominance of default super....

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Editorial

The insurance industry needs to adapt to the changing expectations of consumers, writes Jim Minto....

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Financial planning

New APRA analysis reveals precisely how many funds sought regulatory relief on liquidity grounds....

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Superannuation

The ATO tightens the screws on SMSF trustees and illegal early release schemes....

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Financial planning

APRA has recommended superannuation trustees adopt a suitable classification process to ensure members can distinguish between the characteristics of each investment stra...

Editorial

With the financial crisis effectively over, Benjamin Levy examines the state of the direct property market and looks at the role it should play for investors in the futur...

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