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Superannuation

New guidelines around the payment of product-directed commissions to financial planners is the most significant, but not the only, recommendation in a charter that aims t...

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Financial planning

The Investment and Financial Services Association has confirmed its members will create a clear divide between product and financial advice costs from next year....

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Financial planning

A push is underway to extend premium tax deductibility within superannuation to critical illness insurance. SEAN MCCORMACK outlines the positives such a move would genera...

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People & Products

Former Colonial First State Investment Management chief appointed UniSuper chief investment officer....

Financial planning

Measure provides certainty to international investors that they will not be taxed on capital gains arising out of most passive investments made by Australian managed fund...

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Financial planning

The response to Wayne Swan's 2009 Federal Budget has been mixed, with various financial services bodies choosing to view the super changes in different lights, ranging fr...

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Life/Risk

Getting a client's sum insured right can be the difference between gaining a client and losing one, writes GERARD KERR....

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Life/Risk

Average payout for the death of a partner will not protect families from financial problems....

Financial planning

Scheme would open opportunities for Australian managed investment schemes to be offered overseas....

Editorial

Contrary to popular opinion, environmental, social and governance (ESG) considerations are not niche investment philosophies....

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Superannuation

Richard Gilbert has announced he will be retiring from the Investment and Financial Services Association effective from the end of September....

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Superannuation

The Investment and Financial Services Association has urged the Federal Government to steer clear of radical change to the retirement savings system and instead embrace s...

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Financial planning

Over half of investors say they are unlikely to increase investments in existing products over the next quarter, while around a third are likely to invest more....

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Life/Risk

IFSA talking to community groups outside of the industry to gather grassroots support from consumers and raise awareness....

Life/Risk

The Insurance Council of Australia may have estimated the total insurance bill from February’s Victorian bushfires to exceed $1 billion but, thus far, the resultant...

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This verdict highlights something deeply wrong and rotten at the heart of the FSCP. We are witnessing a heavy-handed, op...

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