FINANCIAL SERVICES INDUSTRY

Financial planning

Nominations are now open for Money Management’s Young Achiever of the Year Award which will be presented at the Fund Manager of the Year Awards Ceremony in Sydney on 16 M...

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Editorial

Mike Taylor writes that if the Federal Government imposes changes to the superannuation tax regime in the May Budget, it may take an entire Parliamentary term before a Co...

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Funds management

The Australian funds management industry is the fourth largest in the world and has reached its $2 trillion milestone at the end of last year....

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Financial planning

Nominations are now open for Money Management’s 2013 BDM of the Year....

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Financial planning

Following "somewhat ambiguous" statements on grandfathering in Consultation Paper 189, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) is set to release an up...

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Financial planning

The Financial Services Council has cited the opposition of key Labor figures to reinforce its case for the Governnment to stop tinkering with super....

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Editorial

As planners grapple with how to implement the changes flowing from the FOFA reforms, David Hasib examines the stark choices that many will have to make, including actuall...

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Financial planning

FSC's John Brogden offers to have the industry co-fund a public education campaign on the value of advice....

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Life/Risk

The life insurance remains one of the more buoyant sectors of the financial services industry, according to the latest data released by the Australian Prudential Regulati...

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Policy & Regulation

Financial planners who give tax advice in the course of advising on financial products are set to fall within the regulatory regime of the Tax Practitioners Board....

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Financial planning

The financial services industry was hardest hit by fraud in the last two years, suffering $322 million in losses....

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Superannuation

Will 2013 be the defining year for self-managed super funds? Bryan Ashenden's policy overview discusses the implications for advisers....

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People & Products

IOOF has appointed Mick Farrell to the newly created position of group general manager, dealerships....

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Financial planning

Demand for finance and accounting professionals in the financial services industry is expected to remain subdued over the first quarter of 2013, according to the 'Robert ...

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Editorial

Mike Taylor writes that FOFA is already beginning to change the shape and texture of the financial planning industry – something likely to be reflected in a rash of annou...

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