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Financial planning

For many years the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has been urging the financial services industry to take a greater self-regulatory role in compl...

Financial planning

New research performed by chartered accounting firm Deloitte regarding the asset allocations being employed by superannuation funds has revealed their increasing appetite...

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Superannuation

Consumers are getting a better deal right across the superannuation sector, with fees for virtually every type of fund having been reduced over the past 24 months, accord...

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Financial planning

Funds held in superannuation broke through the $1 trillion mark in December, according to the latest figures released by the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority....

Financial planning

Australia is confronted by a shortage of financial planners capable of leading to spiralling levels of remuneration, according to the executive director of the Investment...

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Financial planning

Financial Planning Association chief executive Jo-Anne Bloch has warned members to expect the industry funds debate to move away from commissions to one that emphasises w...

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Financial planning

The organisation representing industry superannuation funds has used a submission to the Treasury to argue that financial planners should be made to comply with the same ...

Financial planning

The so-called ‘superannuation funds bank’, Members Equity, has issued a statement warning consumers against being sold into reverse mortgages by financial planners....

Financial planning

The total financial services market is projected to grow at an average rate of 10.48 per cent per annum through to June 2016, according to the latest DEXX&R Market Projec...

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Financial planning

A new software package that compares superannuation funds has begun to gain traction in the financial services marketplace, with the signing of its first client....

Financial planning

IFS executive chair Garry Weaven has called for independent research on a selection of superannuation fund members to show what fees they are paying and how their fund is...

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