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Financial planning

Local financial services software producer, Classic Solutions is set to expand operations into the US market after a hefty injection of venture capital....

Financial planning

A national savings summit may sound somewhat grandiose but I believe it is now vital to Australia that the bell should be rung....

Policy & Regulation

High-taxing State governments could be clawing back some of the benefits provided by the Federal Government tax reforms according to Rod Atfield, head of Mercantile Mutua...

Financial planning

It doesn’t happen often, but it does happen. Kate Kachor outlines what to do when your client makes a complaint....

Life/Risk

The number of documented cases of people being refused insurance after being gene-tested has almost doubled since recent publicity about gene-testing according to directo...

Financial planning

The Australian Labor Party has called for a bipartisan review of superannuation following re-search revealed most Australians believe they are not paying enough super to ...

Financial planning

Australia has become the largest centre for institutional equities investment outside of Japan in the Asia Pacific region, a report has found...

Superannuation

The federal government has warned self managed superannuation funds to obtain an Australian Business Number or risk hassles later on....

Financial planning

Mercantile Mutual’s new funds management boss has urged federal government to consider ty-ing health and aged care funding to superannuation....

Financial planning

Mercantile Mutual’s new funds management boss has urged federal government to consider tying health and aged care funding to superannuation....

Funds management

Not too long ago, bonds for special purposes, like education and funerals, were very popular. But as investors become increasingly more sophisticated in their financial p...

Financial planning

Joe Hockey’s office is likely to be bombarded with reams and reams of responses to the federal government’s draft CLERP 6 legislation....

Policy & Regulation

The days of frenzied buying of tax effective agricultural schemes in mid June will soon be over, thanks to the Ralph tax crackdown announced earlier this month....

Superannuation

The Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA) yesterday called on the Federal Government to establish an inquiry into retirement incomes policy as part of a drive...

Policy & Regulation

Australians overwhelmingly support compulsory superannuation, but are furious at they way it is taxed and confused at how the system works, according to ASFA re-search....

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