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Financial planning

The recent terse exchange between the Financial Planning Association and the Australian Investors Association revealed some of the deeper held suspicions relating to soft...

Financial planning

Complying pensions within SMSFs have been given a year long reprieve after widespread industry and community protest. Jason Spits looks at how the change came about and w...

Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has teamed up with five industry groups to form a consultation panel to assess strategies to prevent 'bad appl...

Financial planning

The Federal Opposition is signalling its intention to move even further than the Government in terms of life-time fee disclosure with respect to superannuation....

Financial planning

40 per cent of Australians earning between $30,000 and $50,000 would participate in the Government’s proposed $3 for $2 superannuation co-contribution scheme, according t...

Financial planning

Industry groups and associations have provided a mixed response to last night’s Federal Budget announcement with some stating the 2004/05 Budget will boost retirement sav...

Editorial

LUCIE BEAMAN spoke to Richard Gilbert and Brian Thomas about what will be the major influences on the funds management world this year....

Financial planning

The Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) has appointed a deputy chief executive officer John O'Shaughnessy, following the recent decision by the then depu...

Financial planning

Attempts by the Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) and the Association of Superannuation Funds Australia (ASFA) to agree on a single fee measure for sup...

Financial planning

The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) and the Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) had “constructive” talks on Friday and will meet ...

Financial planning

The Government’s proposed fee disclosure regulations have been defeated in the Senate, with the Australian Labor Party’s motion to disallow the draft rules passed with th...

Financial planning

The Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer, Ross Cameron has written to the chief executives of both the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (AFSA) and the...

Superannuation

The Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) has welcomed changes to the superannuation and retirement income system following an announcement by the Federal ...

Financial planning

The Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) has launched a new investor education initiative on managed funds in the belief that recent upbeat markets will f...

Financial planning

“Smart” financial planners will have made New Year’s Resolutions to change the way they run their business to meet consumer and regulatory expectations, according to Pres...

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Interesting. Would be good to know the details of the StrategyOne deal....

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It’s astonishing to see the FAAA now pushing for more advisers by courting "career changers" and international recruits,...

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increased professionalism within the industry - shouldn't that say, FAR register almost halving in the last 24 months he...

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Insignia Financial has made four appointments, including three who have joined from TAL, to lead strategy and innovation in its retirement solutions for the MLC brand....

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A former Brisbane financial adviser has been charged with 26 counts of dishonest conduct regarding a failure to disclose he would receive substantial commission payments ...

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ASIC has cancelled a Sydney AFSL for failing to pay a $64,000 AFCA determination related to inappropriate advice, which then had to be paid by the CSLR. ...

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