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Financial planning

Retail master trusts again outperformed industry funds in July on the back of stronger global and domestic equities....

Financial planning

Financial planning industry bodies must be careful taking sides during the election campaign - but at the same time they must continue stating their positions, writes Mik...

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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Financial planning

New APRA analysis reveals precisely how many funds sought regulatory relief on liquidity grounds....

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Editorial

The electoral cycle has overtaken the Government's agenda to change the financial planning industry and, as Mike Taylor reports, the ultimate outcome will be dictated by ...

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Editorial

By holding the Henry Review into Taxation and then rejecting most of its findings, the Government has broken the golden rule of politics, writes Mike Taylor....

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Financial planning

Industry superannuation funds that sponsor major sporting teams might be running contrary to the wishes of their members and, in some cases, their trustees....

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People & Products

Morningstar has announced the appointment of two researchers to its Australian managed funds research team....

Financial planning

Colonial First State-owned advice business Financial Wisdom is positioning to meet a growing demand for limited advice....

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Editorial

Industry Super Network's spokesman David Whiteley has criticised the Financial Planning Association's position on commissions associated with the sale of life insurance....

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Financial planning

The financial planning industry has been warned that the industry superannuation funds campaign against commission-based remuneration will not be ended if planning groups...

Life/Risk

ISN's David Whiteley argues the FPA's stance on insurance commissions is proof that the industry can’t self-regulate, with commissions leading to unnecessarily inflated i...

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Financial planning

Members of industry superannuation funds have exhibited strong reluctance towards paying more than $500 for financial advice, according to HESTA executive manager Debbie ...

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Financial planning

Morningstar is making a push into industry superannuation funds research on the back of demand from financial advisers....

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Financial planning

Fewer high-net-worth investors are using financial advisers, according to research conducted by CoreData....

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