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Financial planning

CPA Australia warns of uncertainty generated by Government's tightening of anti-avoidance provisions....

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Financial planning

The Government has tabled a bill that will give individuals the option to have excess concessional contributions of $10,000 or less refunded from their superannuation acc...

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Editorial

High returns can be accessed from fixed interest markets, but it is vital that investors have a portfolio that is properly diversified if they want to keep the returns th...

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Policy & Regulation

The financial services industry has turned its attention to the parliamentary independents in the wake of the failure of the PJC reviewing the FOFA bills....

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Policy & Regulation

The divide between Government and Coalition members of the PJC reviewing the FOFA bills means their fate resides with the independents....

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Policy & Regulation

A perception that volume rebates from product issuers to dealer groups will be allowed "in some shape or form" by the FOFA reforms prompted a turnaround in financial plan...

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Superannuation

Aaron Dunn provides five SMSF suggestions that could be used to attract new business in 2012....

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Editorial

The Australian financial services industry is facing some serious challenges through 2012 – something which Financial Services Council chief executive John Brogden pointe...

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Policy & Regulation

Coalition dissents on Parliamentary Joint Committee's FOFA report and argues for the abandoning of financial advice opt-in and for changes to best interests....

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Financial planning

The Financial Ombudsman Service has admitted it has only minimal specific information about the number of intra-fund advice disputes it handles....

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Financial planning

Eyes on David Bradbury to replace Mark Arbib....

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Financial planning

Customer satisfaction among Australian banks has grown to its highest level in the past 16 years, but sentiment among business customers still lags behind that of persona...

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Financial planning

Eyes on David Bradbury to replace Mark Arbib....

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Financial planning

Customer satisfaction among Australian banks has grown to its highest level in the past 16 years, but sentiment among business customers still lags behind that of persona...

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Superannuation

Bill Shorten signals that the Government remains committed to 1 July changes to concessional contribution caps....

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