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The financial services industry has an important role to play in strengthening Australia’s national security, according to Federal Police Commissioner Mick Keelty....
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A little known financial services group has started a petition calling for fund managers to be hit with cash penalties for failing to release clients’ superannuation with...
Financial planning
Consumers would receive a rebate to help pay for financial advice on superannuation under a proposal that has been put to the Federal Government by a key banking lobby gr...
Funds management
The Federal Government has sought to assure fund managers that it will play a largely hands-off role in the investment decisions of its $16 billion Future Fund, but has a...
Financial planning
Household savings rates in many OECD countries have fallen sharply in recent years, with the United States, Canada, Britain, Australia and New Zealand now having the lowe...
Financial planning
Encouraging people to take baby steps to improve their finances and avoid the “grim reaper” of monetary disaster will be the focus of the Financial Literacy Foundation’s ...
Policy & Regulation
Many Australians could have their retirement savings boosted by 13 per cent after the Federal Government abolished the superannuation surcharge when it took control of th...
Financial planning
Super choice has failed to increase employee knowledge of superannuation in general or about their specific fund, according to a survey by transport industry fund TWUSupe...
Financial planning
The Federal Government has used its new found majority in the Senate to pass legislation abolishing the superannuation surcharge, effectively neutralising the objection o...
Financial planning
Superannuation payouts for retirees could rise by as much as 25 per cent within the next 20 years, but the Federal Government must first commit to a program of rigorous e...
Financial planning
The Federal Government has been criticised for not scrapping the superannuation surcharge immediately on Budget night, and for not affording the same generosity with its ...
Financial planning
To fulfil its educational responsibilities in the lead up to super choice, the Federal Government has made a booklet available to guide consumers in straight forward lang...
People & Products
The Federal Government has named Watson Wyatt as the asset consultant to assist in developing the investment mandates for the Future Fund....
Superannuation
Any adviser unclear over the extent to which super choice will raise the bar on their duty of care towards clients need only look to the recent experience of their collea...
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Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...
This verdict highlights something deeply wrong and rotten at the heart of the FSCP. We are witnessing a heavy-handed, op...
Interesting. Would be good to know the details of the StrategyOne deal....