FINANCE

Superannuation

Unpaid super can cost workers tens of thousands of dollars, according to ISA research....

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Superannuation

SMSF trustees placed the most trust in accountants ahead of financial advisers, but financial advisers remained the most used advice source by SMSFs despite usage levels ...

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Superannuation

The Federal Government’s crackdown on the black economy should include a focus on non-compliance with the superannuation guarantee in the cash economy. ...

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Superannuation

While both industry and retail super funds were down in satisfaction in November, industry funds still retained their lead at 59.2 per cent, according to Roy Morgan....

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Financial planning

You are less likely to be appointed CEO or chairman of a company if you are a woman, according to AMP Capital....

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Financial planning

Financial professionals will need to upgrade their IT skills and business acumen to be sought after in the industry in the face of financial digitisation....

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Funds management

The chance of an emerging market crisis under the Trump presidency is minimal, according to Brandywine Global....

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Life/Risk

Most Australians still associated home ownership with security and wealth and as part of the ideal Australian dream....

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Superannuation

Self-managed super fund (SMSF) trustees have recorded a high interest in engaging with advisers and other trustees online, rather than face-to-face....

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Policy & Regulation

ASIC has called on companies who prepare financial reports to present information in a useful and meaningful way for their users....

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Accounting

Small and regional banks have been found to be the highest-performing in Australia when ranked on issues related to customer satisfaction....

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Financial planning

Suncorp has announced that Mark Vilo and Steven Degetto would step into each other’s role from 2017....

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Financial planning

The Credit and Investments Ombudsman has rebuffed a report's findings favouring a merger between EDR schemes, arguing the two-scheme arrangement enabled comparisons and r...

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Funds management

A shift in the market has seen investment trends loop back toward value-based investing, rather than expensive alternatives....

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Funds management

Vanguard and the ACFS have launched an Australian equities database to help educate investors and financial services professionals about how to conceptualise market force...

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So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

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Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...

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Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...

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Entireti has unveiled the new name for the AMP financial advice businesses that it acquired last year....

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A Sydney financial adviser has been permanently banned from providing any financial services, with the regulator deriding his “lack of integrity, trustworthiness and prof...

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Minister for Financial Services, Stephen Jones, has provided further information about the second tranche of the Delivering Better Financial Outcomes (DBFO) reforms....

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