Lump sum or pension reasonable benefit limit? Scarcity or abundance? What do you recommend to your clients in relation to superannuation? Grant Abbott puts it to the test...
The recent changes in taxation have altered the retirement income streams landscape. JOHN PERRI and ANDREW LOWE examine where the opportunities now lie. ...
A member of a self managed super fund (SMSF) currently has an accumulation balance of $400,000. They are 62 years of age, working part-time, and all of their benefits in ...
Investment Data Technologies (IDT) has upgraded its financial planning software suite to ease the burden of recent tax changes for advisers....
Can planners survive the breakdown of a couple’s marriage and keep both spouses as clients? Jason Spits investigates....
The Strategist Group recently sat down and documented more than 100 different strategies that financial planners may implement when dealing with clients that have put in ...
Being an adviser is a tough job these days. Not only are advisers responsible for helping their clients to increase their wealth, they also need to focus on the value in ...
Investment Data Technologies (IDT) has upgraded its financial planning software suite to ease the burden of recent tax changes for advisers....
An admission by two major UK public pension schemes that they wrongly advised thousands of immigrating clients has reignited the controversy over advice for immigrants to...
Are regulators and financial services associations on top of the issues surrounding gearing?...
Are regulators and financial services associations on top of the issues surrounding gearing? That is the question consultant Paul Resnik is asking after analysing the res...
Legislation covering the Ralph reforms will simply add to the mess created by the existing tax act, says its author John Ralph....
An admission by two major UK public pension schemes that they wrongly advised thousands of immigrating clients has reignited the controversy over advice for immigrants to...
Challenger International is looking to join Colonial First State in the hot managed investments market of biotechnology with the intention to raise up to $40 million thro...
Your average person is usually at great pains to avoid admitting their mistakes, especially when it comes to the future of financial planning. But then again, Tom Collins...
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 ...