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Financial planning

The stringent rules governing superannuation switching advice has meant some financial planners are eliminating this type of service for their client base....

Financial planning

The cost of retail funds are on average up to $887 more expensive than industry funds, according to a new research report on super fees and charges from ASIC....

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Financial planning

Industry Fund Services chairman Garry Weaven has welcomed a new advertising campaign by the Financial Planning Association for inadvertently spruiking the case for indust...

Financial planning

A West Australian-based risk adviser has criticised the regulator in a submission to a Federal Parliamentary inquiry for an alleged bias in favour of industry funds in ta...

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Many financial planners are declining to make superannuation switching recommendations due to a dearth of available research into individual funds, particularly industry ...

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Financial planning

The financial planning industry needs to forget about the role of industry superannuation funds and concentrate on the provision of professional and practical advice, acc...

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Financial planning

Comparing the benefits of various superannuation funds will be made simpler for advisers following the launch of a research resource from Mercer Investment Consulting....

Financial planning

Australia’s industry superannuation funds are about to target high-net-worth individuals via another round of television advertising....

Financial planning

Over $900 billion is held in Australian superannuation funds, according to figures released yesterday by the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority in their March 200...

Financial planning

A quote in the media by an AMP Financial Planning official that industry funds are “opaque” threatens to reignite a war of words between Industry Funds Services and the d...

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