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Financial planning

The focus by senior executives on investment options has tended to centre on greater control over their superannuation affairs, long term retirement wealth creation and e...

Superannuation

Support for a compulsory retirement savings system in New Zealand continues to gain ground according to the latest SaverPulse survey....

Policy & Regulation

From time to time, the trust deed of a superannuation fund or other trust may be amended. In some circumstances, the changes to the trust deed may result in a new trust b...

Financial planning

The public and often divided debate on super fund choice has been on the boil for more than two years. It has survived two federal elec-tions; been endorsed by the ground...

Financial planning

The handing down of the recent Federal Budget revealed no real concerns for the financial services industry. In the words of one corporate commentator: "It is a bit of a ...

Financial planning

The Managed Investments Act 1998, (MIA) made changes to the regula-tion of managed investment funds with the aim of ensuring greater ac-countability of fund managers to i...

Financial planning

Within the IFSA membership the 770 page Wallis report gathers no dust. It is often referred to when the industry is preparing position statements on the CLERP 6 process. ...

Financial planning

What is the key issue to emerge from the budget? "The Commonwealth Budget offered no surprises for financial markets but did provide a platform for the delivery of tax r...

Financial planning

As foreshadowed in a previous column, IFSA has completed its submission on the CLERP 6 consultation paper on financial products, service providers and markets. Many submi...

Financial planning

At the end of April, the Assistant Treasurer released an exposure draft of the Superannuation Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 4) 1999. This is the legislation that implem...

Financial planning

Support for a compulsory retirement savings system in New Zealand continues to gain ground according to the latest SaverPulse survey. Head of the Investment Savings and I...

Financial planning

Reforms to the treatment of retirement income products have not gone far enough, according to the Association which fought hard for the latest changes....

Financial planning

Recent reforms of the Swedish pension system may provide some answers to New Zealand's retirement savings dilemma, according to head of the Investment Savings and Insuran...

Financial planning

According to IFSA’s industry statistics, there are about 9 million Australians who have life insurance or managed investment savings that will be affected by the business...

Financial planning

After a long drought, some showers of blessings have finally rained down on the savings industry. The shower was in the form of a press release on the taxation of collect...

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