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Financial planning

Macquarie Specialist Investments has launched a new Significant Investor Visa-focused product....

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Life/Risk

New MetLife/FSC research reveals that tax incentives similar to those applied to health insurance could help bridge Australia’s under-insurance gap....

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Financial planning

The president of the Fair Work Commission has rebuffed FSC calls to cease its review of default funds under modern awards....

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Policy & Regulation

The AFA has moved to enter the FOFA pause consultations with an analysis designed to counter a “rolling campaign of fiction and misrepresentation”....

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Superannuation

The superannuation industry is littered with small and medium-sized funds, making the market significantly fragmented and cost inefficient, according to custodian J.P Mor...

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Superannuation

SPAA welcomes Federal Government decision to amend how best interest duty works as part of FOFA reforms....

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Financial planning

Australia’s longevity challenge can be addressed by removing the barriers to keeping people working....

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Policy & Regulation

Finance Minister, Senator Mathias Cormann pauses FOFA process for consultations...

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Superannuation

AIST chief Tom Garcia says not-for-profit superannuation funds need to promote their brands to survive....

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Policy & Regulation

Cormann signals FOFA reform fight....

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Editorial

Despite strong performance from equity markets in Australia this year and improving economic data globally, uneasiness about risk persists. David Redford-Bell looks at ho...

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Editorial

Mike Taylor writes that Government Senators are sending plenty of messages about impending changes aimed at opening up the default funds under modern awards regime. ...

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Policy & Regulation

Several financial services industry bodies throw support behind FOFA amendments tabled in Parliament yesterday. ...

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Policy & Regulation

The FSC has obtained legal advice from a Senior Counsel confirming the Government’s FOFA changes will not undermine client best interest or consumer protections....

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Financial planning

AFA has accused ISA of hypocrisy for not making its FOFA submission publicly available, despite its loud calls for transparency....

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