RETIREMENT SAVINGS

Financial planning

The Westpac Bank has made a commitment to spend more than $1 billion on financial services and support for women over the next five years....

Superannuation

The New Zealand National Party’s plans to offer tax incentives for retirement savings have been slammed by two of its allies, its potential coalition partner Act, and rig...

Superannuation

The Australian Tax Office (ATO) has acted to crack down on scheme promoters offering to give individuals early access to their superannuation savings....

Policy & Regulation

The New Zealand Government has ruled out offering tax incentives for retirement savings, as it promised, because it can’t afford them at present....

Financial planning

Australians are becoming increasingly uncertain about their financial preparations for retirement, the latest nationwide survey into consumer knowledge and attitudes towa...

Financial planning

The Howard Government has been urged to reconsider the state of retirement savings after being returned for a third term in office at the weekend’s election....

Superannuation

The Australian Labor Party (ALP) will set up an inquiry into superannuation within 100 days of taking office, Labor party deputy leader Simon Crean announced as part of t...

Superannuation

We’ve been called the lucky country. For a while we aspired to be the smart country. Are we now at risk of becoming the country that never retires?...

Financial planning

The New Zealand Government will forgo about $500 million a year in revenue if it chooses to provide tax incentives for private savings....

Financial planning

Today, the outlook for financial services in Australia is looking bright. The industry is more competitive, efficient and innovative than it has ever been, providing a va...

Financial planning

New Zealanders still expect their family home will help fund their retirement needs, according to survey conducted by AMP....

Financial planning

Australians would prefer a boost to their superannuation funds to another cut to income taxes, according to a new survey conducted for the Association of Superannuation F...

Policy & Regulation

Australians would prefer a boost to their superannuation funds to another cut to income taxes, according to a new survey conducted for the Association of Superannuation F...

Superannuation

While the Rolling Stones sang 'You can't always get what you want', that hasn't stopped planners seeking the ideal product. <B>JULIA NEWBOULD</B> examines what advisers a...

Funds management

Residential property remains the key plank in the retirement plans of most New Zealand-ers according to a new survey commissioned by Armstrong Jones....

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2 months ago

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

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

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Entireti has unveiled the new name for the AMP financial advice businesses that it acquired last year....

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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 ago

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

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