With the end of the financial year fast approaching it is worth looking at some the hot issues that the IFSA membership is grappling with and which will become priorities...
Advisers may be opening themselves up to possible litigation by failing to advise clients with DIY superannuation funds on the options available to them under SLAB 3 legi...
While GST awareness is high, action and implementation are low, spelling trouble for businesses from July 1. So says KPMG Consulting partner Mandy Holloway....
Reaction to the recent federal budget has been fairly subdued with most industry analysts noting the lack of news for the financial services industry....
Can salary packaging survive the GST? Julie Bennett investigates. There have been murmurings around the industry that the GST will make salary packaging less attractive...
June has traditionally been the month when most small to medium sized enterprise (SME) clients have made super contributions to boost retirement savings and re-duce immed...
Ralph changes to the taxation on entities will bring trusts in line with indi-vidual tax rates - a move which could put many unwary investors at risk of pay-ing too much ...
Treasurer Peter Costello’s mention of the “s” word following his budget address has brought a chorus of approval and demands from the financial services industry....
What does it take to be ethical in financial planning? Professor Stephen Cowan, who will be presenting at the CFP conference in Hobart, says it is all about ex-cellence. ...
Super growth for self manager super Despite recent reports to the contrary, self managed super funds continue to grow rapidly. Grant Abbott explains the factors behind ...
Australian-based fund manager Perpetual Investments is planning a return to the New Zealand market after several years absence....
Not too long ago, bonds for special purposes, like education and funerals, were very popular. But as investors become increasingly more sophisticated in their financial p...
Self-funded retirees are emerging as one of the real victims of the imminent in-troduction of the GST....
Self-funded retirees are emerging as one of the real victims of the imminent introduc-tion of the GST....
This verdict highlights something deeply wrong and rotten at the heart of the FSCP. We are witnessing a heavy-handed, op...
Interesting. Would be good to know the details of the StrategyOne deal....
It’s astonishing to see the FAAA now pushing for more advisers by courting "career changers" and international recruits,...