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Superannuation fund members are likely to place heavy reliance on financial planners in the event of a full choice of fund regime being implemented in Australia, accordin...

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...

Financial planning

Fund managers have followed financial services industry groups in giving their approval to the changes to superannuation and retirement income streams announced yesterday...

Superannuation

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

Superannuation

Financial advisers and accountants may still benefit from establishing strategic alliances with each other in relation to providing advice on self managed super funds (SM...

Financial planning

The Federal Opposition has criticised the Government’s policy encouraging children to open superannuation accounts, launched during the last Federal election with much fa...

Financial planning

The Federal Opposition has criticised the Australian Securities and Investments Commission for providing an exemption from the Financial Services Reform regime to mortgag...

Financial planning

The Federal Opposition is claiming a key victory on dollar disclosure within the new Financial Services Reform regime, following the passage last week of amendments to th...

Financial planning

It is not every financial planner who can count a meeting with the Prime Minister as a career highlight....

Superannuation

David Shirlow looks at new developments affecting cashing and transfer of UK superannuation benefits for Australian residents....

Financial planning

The Federal Government has issued a reminder there are only three months before the new Financial Services Reform regime takes effect and is urging practitioners to apply...

Financial planning

It is little surprise the Opposition spokesman on retirement incomes, Senator Nick Sherry, made it to the Money Management Most Influential list, given the ongoing debate...

Financial planning

The Federal Government has accused the Australian Labor Party of pilfering its superannuation policies, following yesterday’s announcement by the Opposition of the first ...

Financial planning

The Labor Party has launched its superannuation policy revealing a number of new steps but has not departed from its core positions of investment choice for all members a...

Financial planning

Financial planners, stock brokers and insurance agents are being kept in the dark on how compensation arrangements will pan out under Financial Services Reform due to the...

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