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Editorial

It is now more than six years' since the industry superannuation funds launched their 'compare the pair' advertising campaign and, as Mike Taylor reports, it appears to h...

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Financial planning

ISN's David Whiteley says imposing an annual fee disclosure requirement on financial planners is a community expectation....

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Financial planning

The Financial Planning Association (FPA) and Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) has questioned the legitimacy of a television advertising blitz by industry superannu...

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Financial planning

Elixir Consulting has launched a follow-up survey to its Adviser Pricing Models Research which looks at obstacles and methods used by financial planners in creating a fee...

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Editorial

Col Fullagar takes a look at two income protection policies - one is offered by an industry superannuation fund, while the other comes from a retail fund. While the premi...

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Policy & Regulation

The Industry Super Network has welcomed the second tranche of FOFA and offered help to Govt on developing the fine detail....

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Financial planning

Patron Financial Advice has opposed a Financial Services Council proposal to introduce a binding standard for insurance business, saying it would restrict consumer choice...

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Editorial

Despite some media reports to the contrary, Mike Taylor writes that the top 20 licensees in the financial planning industry emerged in reasonable shape from ASIC’s review...

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Editorial

Putting aside the increasingly open question of whether the Gillard Labor Government will remain in power long enough to oversee the implementation of its Future of Finan...

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Life/Risk

ASIC has permanently banned a Tasmania-based insurance agent from providing financial services after being convicted of fraud offences....

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Financial planning

Financial planners are increasingly recommending passive investments to their clients, but there is debate about the reasons behind the move away from active strategies....

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Editorial

The use by Industry Super Network (ISN) of research and surveying organisations to help prosecute its agenda with respect to financial planning represents the transfer of...

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Editorial

The Government’s Stronger Super policy package is positioned to deliver on MySuper and the other Cooper Review reforms but, as Mike Taylor reports, there remains consider...

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Financial planning

Retail clients do not give too much thought to the remuneration model their financial planner operates on, but fee for service provides transparency and value, according ...

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Financial planning

The possibility of having to comply with opt-in requirements has emerged as a minor issue for members of the Boutique Financial Planning Principal's Group (BFPPG) attendi...

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