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Financial planning

Other financial services regulators urged to emulate ASIC in providing transparency about their activities....

Financial planning

Other financial services regulators urged to emulate ASIC in providing transparency about their activities....

Financial planning

Proposed increases in capital requirements for Australian banks could drive changes in the relative pricing of banking products, according to Ernst & Young....

Financial planning

Institutional investors from a number of international pension funds have launched the principles for responsible investment in farmland....

Editorial

The life insurance industry has taken a hit in the last 12 months, with net profit after tax down 13.9 per cent compared to the previous year....

Financial planning

A new Money Management survey reveals most planners believe opt-in will cost $100 per client - not the Government's $11 figure....

Policy & Regulation

The Future of Financial Advice (FOFA) and superannuation reforms have been slammed as veering close to social engineering by Plum Financial Services non-executive directo...

Financial planning

The proposed merger of Asset Super and Care Super has come about in part to help reduce the regulatory burden of the Stronger Super regime, according to Asset Super chief...

Financial planning

ASIC has been successful in having the Federal Court overturn an appeal from Opus Capital at the Administrative Appeals Tribunal against the cancellation of its AFSL....

Editorial

Financial planners have finally been given the details of the Government's FOFA reforms. In an editorial written prior to the release of the reform package Mike Taylor wa...

Editorial

The Government has proposed retaining higher concessional contributions caps for those aged 50 or over, however Craig Day argues imposing eligibility criteria needs furth...

Financial planning

FPA chief executive Mark Rantall cites advertising campaign as underscoring planners from 'free riders'....

Policy & Regulation

The uncertainty created by FOFA was a factor in Count board's decision to recommend CBA bid....

Policy & Regulation

The Federal Government has released the first tranche of its Future of Financial Advice draft legislation. Money Management would like your views on the Government’s appr...

Policy & Regulation

The Federal Opposition has accused Assistant Treasurer Bill Shorten of allowing his industry fund affiliations to distort the FOFA legislation....

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