FINANCIAL PLANNING

Policy & Regulation

The Financial Services Council wants the States to live up to their original GST obligations by removing inefficient taxes, particularly those applying to life insurance....

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Financial planning

A property adviser who took a 10-year advance on his salary to pay off a personal debt has been banned from engaging in credit activities for four years....

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Funds management

New analysis from Morningstar suggests planners can no longer rely on the original thinking behind the so-called four per cent rule on safe withdrawal rates....

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Financial planning

Synchron and AIA have come together to create a fixed term level product to meet the changing needs of advisers and clients....

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Financial planning

An accounting firm and a financial planning firm have joined GPS Wealth ahead of the scrapping of the accountants’ exemption on 1 July....

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Financial planning

Australian city-dwellers are exposing themselves to potential financial hardship, coughing up more than a third of their income to rent in desirable postcodes....

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Editorial

Many financial planners may choose to leave the industry over the next two years, but the Government and the regulators can minimise those exits by getting the transition...

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Editorial

Like them or not, financial advisers should already have begun making the adjustments necessary to operate within the new Life Insurance Framework, writes Catherine Evans...

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Financial planning

High net-worth individuals are looking to take advantage of cut-priced stocks with attractive long-term performance outlooks, a survey reveals....

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Financial planning

Financial planning software provider Adviser Logic will relaunch its system in the coming months, with a spate of user interface enhancements announced....

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Features

Specialist education and training seems to be the key to restoring trust in advisers among sceptical self-managed super fund members, Malavika Santhebennur writes....

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Features

With the scrapping of the accountants’ exemption from 1 July this year, accountants need to make licensing decisions to continue advising on SMSFs, Malavika Santhebennur ...

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Features

Jassmyn Goh finds out if investors are looking to alternative investments to beat market volatility and a low interest rate environment....

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Financial planning

New survey data prompts call for more consumer education around life/risk to encourage a self-directed approach....

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Financial planning

Wealthtrac has seen its funds under advice jump to $1.4 billion following its acquisition of Superior Wealth Management Solution’s service level agreement with Oasis....

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