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Editorial

Brad Newcombe considers investors’ options for the best low-risk returns....

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Financial planning

A final policy statement setting out the new taxation laws for employee share schemes was released yesterday by new Assistant Treasurer Senator Nick Sherry, and it has al...

Financial planning

CPA Australia has warned that the way planners are remunerated should be left to the industry to determine because governments should not set markets....

Financial planning

Receives maximum penalty for multi-billion dollar fraud, with the judge describing Madoff's crimes as "extraordinarily evil"....

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Financial planning

Commissions may not be extinct in the financial services industry - but they are now a seriously endangered species....

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Financial planning

While it may seem safer to confine your investments to the local equities market, looking overseas may too be a good long-term strategy, writes Benjamin Levy....

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Financial planning

The latest Australian Prudential Regulation Authority data has revealed that the value of Australian superannuation assets is fast heading below the $1 trillion mark....

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Financial planning

The Government has some critical issues to address in the coming months, but how clients choose to pay their advisers is not one of them. ...

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Financial planning

Thanks to the Rudd Labor Government's first Cabinet reshuffle financial services now has a seat at the Cabinet table but, as Mike Taylor reports, it remains for the indus...

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Financial planning

The various committees within the Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) have outlined their policy priorities for the 2009-10 financial year. The following...

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Financial planning

Deborah Wixted outlines the raft of changes the 2009 Federal Budget has introduced in taxation, superannuation and social security....

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Editorial

Financial planning commissions may not be extinct but they are now a seriously endangered species....

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Financial planning

Tim King discusses what financial services licensees should be ready for in compliance when a regulator comes knocking. ...

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Financial planning

Large financial services institutions, with the resources available to present a strong lobbying front, may dominate the current parliamentary inquiry into the industry, ...

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Financial planning

REST Superannuation is urging eligible members to make voluntary contributions to their super accounts to take advantage of the current Government co-contribution rate, s...

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