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Financial planning

Financial planners’ performance has improved over the past two to three years, according to 28 per cent of Australians surveyed in the fifth annual Confidence in Corporat...

Superannuation

A survey of investor sentiment conducted by the Investment and Financial Services Association shows a high level of importance is being placed on retirement savings, a la...

Financial planning

Reverse mortgage operation Bluestone Equity Release has expanded into New Zealand, backed by funding from Westpac Institutional Bank....

Superannuation

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Funds management

Wealth management services provider Bravura Solutions has foreshadowed development of new wealth management applications over the next year to maintain the strong results...

Superannuation

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Financial planning

A Newspoll survey commissioned by the Investment and Financial Services Association has found Australians in general still need to improve their levels of financial liter...

Financial planning

A key Parliamentary Committee looking into improving the retirement savings of people under 40 has strongly countered the recommendations of the Business Regulation Taskf...

Financial planning

ASFA has called on the Federal Government to use next week’s Budget to abolish the current age-based contributions limits applying to people under 50....

Editorial

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Superannuation

Over 50 per cent of baby boomers believe they are only “somewhat ready” in terms of their financial preparations for retirement, with another 20 per cent saying they were...

Financial planning

Superannuation fund performance tables have come in for another round of criticism with financial planning partner at accounting and financial services firm HLB Mann Judd...

Policy & Regulation

Federal Treasurer Peter Costello has again hit back at calls to abolish the 15 per cent superannuation contributions tax, this time claiming tax rates applying to retirem...

Superannuation

Fewer working Australians than last year believe their savings will be sufficient to fund their retirement, according to a new survey....

Policy & Regulation

Federal Finance Minister Nick Minchin has declared his support for calls to do away with the 15 per cent superannuation contributions tax....

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MARKET INSIGHTS

So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

2 months ago

Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...

2 months ago

Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...

4 months 1 week ago

A Sydney financial adviser has been permanently banned from providing any financial services, with the regulator deriding his “lack of integrity, trustworthiness and prof...

3 weeks 2 days ago

Minister for Financial Services, Stephen Jones, has provided further information about the second tranche of the Delivering Better Financial Outcomes (DBFO) reforms....

2 weeks 1 day ago

One licensee has lost 27 advisers in the past week, now sitting at zero, according to the latest Wealth Data figures....

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