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Financial planning
Losing one year of earnings does not justify the hits to a company value, especially if the firm had minimal debt, and the market is making a “gross exaggeration” of the ...
Funds management
COVID-19, inflation, pension reform and China are the four things investors should watch in today’s global income markets, according to Eaton Vance. ...
Life/Risk
Big insurer, MLC Life has admitted to advisers that it is up to six weeks behind on some key service deliverables as it seeks to deal with IT issues and Melbourne’s COVID...
Superannuation
A new report from the Actuaries Institute has confirmed the degree of disadvantage which will be endured by those under 35 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and measur...
Financial planning
The big four bank said it would not pay dividends for the first half of 2020 to retain its strong balance sheet while it monitored the uncertain environment....
Life/Risk
Fears of infection have seen a higher proportion of Australian high net worth investors seeking to buy life insurance cover, according to newly-released data....
Funds management
Charter Hall’s retail real estate investment trust has seen its statutory profit 16.8% down for FY20 due to valuation movements....
Superannuation
Superannuation members need to regularly check their balance given the scams and fraud activity surrounding the early release of super scheme, a super body has said....
Superannuation
Ending the hardship early release superannuation regime on 30 December and proceeding with a lift in the superannuation guarantee to 12% are central to Government keeping...
Financial planning
Substantially exiting its wealth management businesses has helped the Commonwealth Bank post a solid result despite the pressures of COVID-19....
Superannuation
While the median balanced superannuation option returned 0.9% in July, funds are still down 1.2% over the 12 months to July, according to SuperRatings....
Policy & Regulation
Government agencies, including the Australian Federal Police, have been alerting the Australian Securities and Investments Commission to rorts around early release supera...
Superannuation
The regulatory body will restart licensing activity for banks, insurers, and super funds with the first phase to start in September, 2020, and the second in March, 2021....
Features
The Financial Services Council’s Zach Castles makes the argument for pulling down the barriers to the delivery of scalable advice....
Features
Mike Taylor writes that less than 12 months out from the Australian Securities and Investments Commission’s review of the Life Insurance Framework, the Australian life in...
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So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...
Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...
Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...