INDUSTRY FUNDS

Policy & Regulation

Some changes under the Government's Future of Financial Advice reforms will not have the intended results, unfairly targeting the smaller players and favouring large inst...

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Financial planning

New Roy Morgan Research reveals the degree to which industry funds have gained an edge in the minds of members....

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Superannuation

Super assets grew in the March quarter with SMSFs continuing to dominate....

Editorial

The Government needs to consider all sides of the debate as it prepares to release the Future of Financial Advice draft legislation, writes Mike Taylor....

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Financial planning

Russell Investments has expanded its industry and government fund offering, with the appointment of a new sector head and the launch of a new consulting service....

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Financial planning

Synchron has lashed out at the Government, the industry funds and what it sees as the 'socialist' agenda behind the Future of Financial Advice (FOFA) reforms....

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Superannuation

A trial arrangement between industry fund giant AustralianSuper and several financial planning dealer groups could lead to questions about the way advice services are str...

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Editorial

With the Government having released its FOFA proposals, Rick Cosier writes that financial planners have fallen victim to a range of blatant misconceptions that need to be...

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Editorial

Despite the current emphasis on FOFA, Ian Knox explains why it is that clients, not reform, should come first....

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Financial planning

The Federal Government has been urged to use the Budget to fix the concessional cap rules....

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Financial planning

Money Management recently hosted a roundtable about the effects of the Government’s proposed Future of Financial Advice reforms. The key concern of those present wa...

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Policy & Regulation

The Federal Government's Future of Financial Advice (FOFA) changes carry with them the genuine risk of benefiting the big banks, institutions and industry funds at the ex...

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Editorial

Perceptions exist that the industry super funds have succeeded in having the Government stack the cards against financial planners. Mike Taylor writes it is up to the Ass...

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Financial planning

The Assistant Treasurer and Minister for Financial Services and Superannuation, Bill Shorten, has told financial planners that there is no need to compete with the intra-...

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Policy & Regulation

Shadforth Financial Group chief executive Tony Fenning believes the implementation of the Future of Financial Advice (FOFA) reforms is likely to entail a lot of work with...

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