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The stringent rules governing superannuation switching advice has meant some financial planners are eliminating this type of service for their client base....

Financial planning

In what appears to be a counter measure against the marketing campaign of industry superannuation funds, the Financial Planning Association has released its own ‘compare ...

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Financial planning

Asgard Wealth Solutions has developed a new automated business support tool to help financial planners manage their practices more efficiently, which in turn will allow t...

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Financial planning

MLC has called for the super fund sole purpose test to be amended to allow members to pay for financial advice from their super fund....

Financial planning

In the world of investment banking and financial advisors, over-confidence is used too often as a proxy of skill.This is the opinion of James Montier, global equity strat...

Financial planning

The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia is pushing for regulatory amendments which would allow super funds to play a greater role in the provision of financi...

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Financial planning

The Australian Council of Trade Unions has used its submission to the Parliamentary Inquiry into structure and operation of the superannuation industry to argue that whil...

Financial planning

The power of the FPA to discipline its own members will be put to the test in circumstances where it has confirmed it is investigating 41 complaints against 23 financial ...

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Financial planning

One of Australia’s largest industry superannuation funds, Equipsuper, has argued that the Government should amend the sole purpose test applying to superannuation fund tr...

Financial planning

RetireInvest has signalled its intention to move further into the aged care market in the wake of its recent alliance with the Mackenzie Aged Care Group....

Financial planning

Small-to-medium enterprise owners need to be educated about what financial planners do, according to Ross Cameron, former Liberal MP and director of Cameron Research Grou...

Life/Risk

Zurich Financial Services has introduced a new online application service for its Ezicover life insurance product aimed at giving dealer groups and other distribution par...

Financial planning

Members of Generation Y are crying out for advice on financial matters despite lofty aspirations for their financial futures, a discussion forum featuring those aged 18 t...

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Financial planning

The Financial Planning Association is to investigate the circumstances surrounding the enforceable undertaking provided by AMP Financial Planning to the Australian Securi...

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