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Financial planning

The Federal Opposition has imposed itself on the debate into commission payments in the superannuation industry, using Australian Prudential Regulation Authority data to ...

Life/Risk

Superannuation choice will put funds’ insurance offerings under the spotlight like never before, and lead to a tightening of criteria for coverage, a survey has predicted...

Superannuation

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Financial planning

A winding back of the superannuation surcharge has emerged as the most likely superannuation initiative to be included in the Federal Budget to be handed down by Treasure...

Financial planning

A proposal by the Federal Government to strengthen identity security measures has been welcomed by the Investment and Financial Services Association as critical to the su...

Financial planning

One of the industry standards which will make the transition to choice of fund easier for employers has been launched by the Assistant Treasurer, Mal Brough....

Superannuation

Just over a year after the Treasurer, Peter Costello outlined the Government’s landmark retirement incomes policy, the Assistant Treasurer, Mal Brough has released the re...

Financial planning

The federal government will act on its promise to make administering super guarantee payments easier for employers next Monday by launching a new streamlined electronic p...

Financial planning

Fees in the superannuation industry are on their way down, according to data released by the Investment and Financial Services Association....

Financial planning

The Investment and Financial Services Association has called for a three-year deferral of the introduction of dollar fee disclosure regulations on closed financial servic...

Financial planning

The major obstacle to Australia becoming a regional centre for funds management has been removed by the Senate’s passage of the New International Tax Arrangements (Manage...

Financial planning

The Australian Shareholders’ Association is fighting the Government’s proposed watering down of the ‘100-member rule’ for placing a resolution on the agenda of a company’...

Financial planning

A planned crackdown of advisers in the lead up to super choice has been put into question by new survey findings, which show the majority of clients are satisfied with th...

Life/Risk

The need for insurance has never been greater, with personal debt at historically high levels. Credit continues to grow at an annualised rate of around 13 per cent, while...

Accounting

The financial planning and fund management industries will push for accountants to be expelled from a Financial Services Reform Act exemption, claiming they will oversell...

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