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Financial planning

A recent Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) industry forum heard compelling evidence as to why product rationalisation is an issue that will increasingl...

Financial planning

The FPA’s Principles on Conflicts of Interest have been refined into four statements following feedback from its membership....

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Financial planning

The establishment of the Commonwealth’s Future Fund, along with the ongoing implementation of the Federal Government’s Retirement Incomes Policy, has earned Federal Treas...

Financial planning

The unprecedented influence that the Financial Planning Association’s (FPA’s) chief executive Kerrie Kelly has had over the financial planning profession in the last 12 m...

Financial planning

IFSA has welcomed a decision by the International Investment Funds Association to adopt a statement of principles recognising the important role of investment funds in gl...

Financial planning

Consumers will soon be able to choose their own super fund, but that doesn’t mean they should let their life insurance run through to the keeper. Ross Kelly reports....

Financial planning

Labelled the ‘fathers’ of term allocated pensions, Richard Gilbert and David Shirlow teamed up to revolutionise retirement incomes....

Financial planning

AMP Financial Services managing director Craig Dunn and Colonial First State chief executive John Pearce have been promoted to the roles of chair and deputy chair of the ...

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Financial planning

Last week financial planners were given the first solid indication of what they will have to pay to comply with looming anti-money laundering legislation....

Superannuation

The gentle rumble that was self-managed super has grown into a resounding roar over the last few years. I guess it’s for all the right reasons – a sense of control, the p...

Financial planning

The financial services industry says the Federal Government went a long way yesterday to arresting fears that any proposed anti-money laundering legislation would heap un...

Financial planning

Positive investor sentiment towards advisers has increased over the past 12 months, accompanied by a marked improvement in sentiment toward managed investments, according...

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