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Superannuation

Concerns have been expressed that badly-run SMSFs may yet impose costs on Federal Budget. ...

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Financial planning

Former Lionsgate representative permanently banned....

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Superannuation

Pengana CEO Russell Pillemer has reinforced the need to examine inherent risk in investment portfolios as Australia's baby boomers approach retirement....

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Financial planning

When it comes to servicing Australia’s ageing and increasingly wealthy population, many advisers overlook the opportunities that exist in philanthropy. Lawyer Vincent Ho...

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Financial planning

Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) chief executive officer Brad Fox has called for a new life insurance awareness campaign after a white paper revealed a huge gap be...

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Financial planning

There are divergent views, but Barry Lambert believes licensing may mean planners will have to figure out how to stop accountants from taking their clients....

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Financial planning

Adviser cops life ban for insurance applications in names of non-existent people ...

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Financial planning

The AFA has partnered with Kaplan Professional to provide formal and practical education to its members....

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Editorial

As advisers become increasingly time-poor, multi-manager funds seem to have emerged as an ‘all-in-one’ solution they need for their clients. But as Benjamin Levy reports,...

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Editorial

Financial planners are required by regulation to hold Professional Indemnity insurance, but Oscar Martinis writes that notwithstanding the increasing cost of premiums, pl...

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Financial planning

Only the Coalition in the Senate stands between the passage of the legislation enshrining ‘planner’/‘adviser’....

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Financial planning

A REST Industry Super survey has found that although Gen Ys need help with their savings, many are reluctant to seek out professional advice....

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Funds management

Jonathan Wu, who started his career in financial services as a teenager, was this year’s recipient of the Young Achiever of the Year award for 2013....

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Funds management

BT Life's Michael Baragwanath has been named this year’s Money Management BDM of the Year. ...

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Editorial

ASIC has established new competency standards around RG 146, but Cecilia Storniolo writes that there are many loose ends that need to be resolved before the ground rules ...

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