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Financial planning

<b>Latest Edition:</b> Criticisms of financial planners by compensation lawyers were recently labelled shameless by industry leaders and dealer groups, while the Governme...

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Editorial

Investor sentiment is still low and financial advisers are blamed for losses. Advisers will face a difficult period in the next 12 months, but will be presented with a ra...

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Superannuation

Following the Government's release of the Stronger Super information pack, Jeffrey Scott outlines some of the major changes about to happen with respect to insurance with...

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Financial planning

The debt problems in the US have provided challenges for China but, according to Jonathan Wu, there is every sign that the Chinese Government will adopt an appropriate re...

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Superannuation

Key industry figures have warned the Government's linking of the superannuation guarantee to a tax represents a possibly fatal flaw....

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Superannuation

The financial planning industry has welcomed the Government's proposal to raise the superannuation guarantee from 9 per cent to 12 per cent....

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Financial planning

Key AMP financial planning groups have retained Sequential Project Services to help them with regulatory changes stemming from the Government's upcoming Future of Financi...

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Financial planning

The fallout from a variety of managed investment schemes (MISs) that collapsed following the onset of the global financial crisis continues to play out through the Financ...

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Policy & Regulation

The proposed changes to transfer pricing rules will ensure multinational corporations operating in Australia pay the correct amount of tax on their income, according to A...

Financial planning

Yesterday's interest rate cut will provide the first litmus test of the Government's ban on mortgage exit fees, according to Firstfolio....

Policy & Regulation

Financial planners have renewed their lobbying efforts on FOFA - but the key independents are playing their cards very close to the chests....

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Policy & Regulation

Restoring accountants' licensing exemption is a positive development that will drive accountants and financial planners closer together, according to Patron Financial Adv...

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Financial planning

ASFA has backed moves by the Government to make directors of 'phoenix' companies personally liable for any unpaid superannuation contributions....

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Editorial

The Government's FOFA legislation will undoubtedly change some of the relationships which exist between planners and their clients but, as Sonnie Bailey writes, underlyin...

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Editorial

Something became very clear when Money Management recently conducted a roundtable focusing on the Future of Financial Advice (FOFA) legislation tabled in the Parliament e...

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