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Islamic funds manager Crescent Funds Management has been granted an AFSL, and plans to launch a Shariah-compliant Australian equities fund in the first quarter of 2011....
Editorial
Financial planners may be upset with the major institutions for failing to counteract the negative campaign by the industry super funds, but now the focus must be on the ...
Financial planning
Regulators have again been urged to intervene in the issue of fund promotion as some of Australia’s biggest fund managers and super funds continue to market product...
Financial planning
eJobs Recruitment Specialists has noted a 5.5 per cent drop in national advertised roles in the financial planning industry in the three months to October 31, with job lo...
Editorial
When it comes to financial advice remuneration models, it's the service that matters, not the mode of payment, says Indy Singh....
Life/Risk
With underinsurance continuing to be a problem in Australia, a panel of advisers has agreed the onus is on the industry to address the problem from within, rather than re...
Financial planning
The Association of Financial Advisers annual conference has been told planners should be careful not to disgard C and D clients....
Editorial
Industry Super Network's David Whiteley has called for industry-wide reporting protocols, but such measures may reveal more than he intended, writes Mike Taylor....
Editorial
As the Federal Treasury works to find common ground on financial services reform, Mike Taylor suggests that an examination of those being consulted raises as many questio...
Financial planning
A large proportion of industry super funds have high numbers of relatively small investment mandates, ultimately driving up the cost of investment management for members....
Superannuation
The Australian Council of Trade Unions has called for super funds to invest in local infrastructure....
Editorial
Financial planners must rebut the Industry Super Network's claim that asset-based fees are commissions by another name, writes Mike Taylor....
Financial planning
Industry funds to become major players in the provision of financial advice....
Superannuation
The Government embraced a modified MySuper as a central element of its election policy but, as Mike Taylor reports, there remain plenty of reasons why the concept should ...
Editorial
The industry super funds are the big winners from the inevitable ban on financial advice commissions, but now it's time for the industry to move on, writes Mike Taylor....
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Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...
Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...