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Financial planning

SPAA patron, Sir Anthony Mason calls for an end to denigration and a uniting of the various sections of the financial services industry....

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Financial planning

In the lead up to the introduction of a public financial adviser register the Australian Bankers’ Association has said it will increase transparency, protection, and conf...

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Superannuation

The FSC has urged the Government to review the targeting of the age pension, suggesting current settings are too generous....

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Superannuation

The FSC has bluntly challenged Treasury’s claims on the cost of superannuation tax concessions....

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Financial planning

The FPA has renewed its call for the Government to make up-front advice fees tax deductible and has urged the Budget impact be assessed by the Productivity Commission....

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Financial planning

Actuaries claim many Austrlaian retirees are living too frugally and barriers impeding appropriate retirement products have to be removed....

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Funds management

The Council of Financial Regulators is set to conduct its second review of competition in the clearing of Australian cash equities in three years....

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Superannuation

ISA’s Whiteley claims the existing default funds regime is a safety net sanctioned by three inquiries, including FSI....

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Accounting

Accountants moving to become licensed have been given a generous run but are failing in high numbers when applying for a licence according to a former ASIC licensing spec...

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Superannuation

For some financial planners industry superannuation funds are just another product option while for others they represent an unfair playing field and an attack on the adv...

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Funds management

Super funds argue that infrastructure investment can help underpin their funding of post-retirement income products....

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Editorial

As the financial planning industry proceeds further into 2015 it must accept little or no further change to FOFA but a range of new debates and opportunities....

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Editorial

The immediate past chairman of the Financial Planning Association, Matthew Rowe, sees considerable significance in the findings of the Joint Parliamentary Committee which...

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Financial planning

FPA backs FSI recommendation that ASIC be given product intervention powers. ...

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Superannuation

The Productivity Commission has signalled it won’t be traversing the default funds issue in its review of the Australian Workplace Relations Framework....

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Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...

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ASIC has suspended the Australian Financial Services Licence of a Melbourne-based financial advice firm....

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ASIC has released the results of its first adviser exam to be held in 2025, with 241 candidates attempting the test....

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