Suncorp's Sarina Raffo says working mums represent a potentially large client segment for planners and outlines the areas where they need financial advice....
New data released by AMP Limited has confirmed the adverse impact of the Federal Government having lowered superannuation concessional contribution caps....
Australian financial advisers plan to increase client allocations to global, favouring managed funds over direct equities, according to a Zurich survey....
With Baby Boomers starting to enter retirement, there is a growing realisation that retirement incomes products are insufficient and in need of an overhaul....
According to DEXX&R research, allocated pensions are still the most popular retirement incomes option....
Financial advisers are increasingly moving away from "one-dimensional" risk profiling to an objective-based plan, according to Challenger....
The Federal Treasurer Wayne Swan and the Treasury must shelve any plans they may have to alter the superannuation tax regime to achieve a Budget surplus, warns Mike Taylo...
Suncorp Life has moved to provide customers with a new tool via the launch this week of an online simulator that delivers a retirement snapshot in under 60 seconds....
MLC has launched a new insurance product aimed at helping Australians protect their retirement savings from ongoing volatility in equity markets....
Self-Managed Super Fund Professionals' Association warns Government against further superannuation tinkering to bolster its promised Budget surplus....
Sonnie Bailey explores some of the sources of regulation which extend beyond what financial planners may think of as ‘regulation’, in the narrow sense of the term....
ASFA has called for the implementation of the SRM despite concerns about the measure from some industry players....
WHK Group has posted a net profit after tax of $10.2 million for the 2011-12 financial year - down from $17.8 in the previous financial year....
Morningstar has launched fund analyst research on Australian industry superannuation funds, which it said would provide an independent insight into this sector....
Post-retirement requires that Australian superannuation funds look to objective-based strategies that can protect members from future market volatility, according to Stan...
Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...
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....