Instead of viewing SMSFs as competition to the advice sector, they should be seen as a lucrative market for advisers to tap into, as Tracy Williams explains. ...
With the demographic certainty of an ageing population, financial advice will play a critical role in enhancing retirement incomes and reducing the strain on the public p...
Financial advisers will be given access to annuities through platforms, as demand for annuities increases. ...
More Australian millennials trust financial service providers than those around the world, but few have seen retirement products targeted at them, an international study ...
Kinetic Super has announced the launch of an intra-fund advice service where members can get limited financial advice on their account. ...
The AIST has called for financial advisers to put the best interests of consumers first for members of MySuper and choice super products....
The apparent disconnect between retirement savings and untapped home equity is one of the most puzzling situations in the financial services space, according to Deloitte....
Recent policy changes have made preparation – and the role of planners – more critical than ever in the post-retirement space. However, even for planners, it’s not an eas...
Superannuation bodies have urged Clive Palmer to save the low income super contribution (LISC) scheme by voting down the repeal of the Mining Resources Rent Tax (MRRT)....
Retirement savings calculations may be using incorrect values for the level of savings required creating a false gap between reality and expectations. ...
FSC argues that Government should lift the super preservation age in line with lifting the pension age....
FSC backs Commission of Audit recommendations on narrowing the gap between the age pension and the super preservation age....
The FSC has released new research suggesting employers are increasingly valuing older workers at the same time as renewing its call for a lifting of the super preservatio...
SPAA has used its submission to the Financial Systems Inquiry to restate its claim that SMSFs are appropriately regulated. ...
The IPA has called on the Government to repeal legislation that caps personal concessional contributions at 10 per cent....
This verdict highlights something deeply wrong and rotten at the heart of the FSCP. We are witnessing a heavy-handed, op...
Interesting. Would be good to know the details of the StrategyOne deal....
It’s astonishing to see the FAAA now pushing for more advisers by courting "career changers" and international recruits,...