Financial planners who have UK migrants on their books have been warned to take special care with their advice or face potential liti-gation in the future....
The Financial Planners and Investment Advisers Association (FPIA) needs to improve its structure if it is to administer a registration scheme for financial advisers, acco...
Advisers recommending high-income clients invest blindly in unit trusts should beware of tax implications....
Thousands of small DIY superannuation funds could be hit with capital gains tax (CGT) when they are forced to restructure to comply with proposed laws....
From time to time, the trust deed of a superannuation fund or other trust may be amended. In some circumstances, the changes to the trust deed may result in a new trust b...
The focus by senior executives on investment options has tended to centre on greater control over their superannuation affairs, long term retirement wealth creation and e...
On March 26, the Prime Minister announced a package of new tax incen-tives for gifting. These incentives will appeal to philanthropically inclined financial planning cli...
The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has called on the Federal Government to provide advisers with capital gains tax exemptions while the industry adjusts to the new ...
While financial planners are flat out this time of the year helping their clients, they shouldn't ignore their own end of year financial and business affairs. At least th...
It's that hectic time of the year again when all and sundry are looking for that quick gap before the beans are counted....
There is still a lingering perception among Australian investors that negative gearing has magical curing powers for their taxation ills. A combination of a culture of in...
As we approach the first anniversary of the Managed Investment Act (MIA), it is timely to consider its impact. Our prediction that the new regime would be less easy for f...
A new Melbourne-based company is hoping to interest investors in the UK's fast-est-growing investment sector - Traded Endowment Polices (TEPs). The market for TEPs in the...
In discussions with financial planners about wrap accounts, it is clear that their full ramifications, potential difficulties and the totality of possible benefits are no...
Advisers recommending high income clients invest blindly in unit trusts should beware of tax implications....
So shareholders lose a dividend plus have seen the erosion of value. Qantas decides to clawback remuneration from Alan ...
This is why I left my last position. There was no interest in giving the client quality time, it was all about bumping ...
So the Hayne Royal Commission has left us with this. What a sad day for the financial planning industry. Clearly most ...