SELF-MANAGED SUPER FUND

Superannuation

The Government needs to support Australians who plan on funding their own retirement as a rapidly ageing population threatens to put enormous strain on public coffers, ac...

Financial planning

Quantum Group has bridged the gap between financial planners and residential property through the development of a real estate product for self-managed superannuation fun...

Financial planning

Will create time and cost savings for advisers of self-managed super fund clients....

Editorial

Investors who are under financial pressure may be tempted to artificially create losses....

Financial planning

Financial planners increasingly looking to reverse mortgages as a financial strategy for retiring clients who need access to home equity....

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People & Products

Focus on self-managed super fund and direct equities clients....

Editorial

The heads of two of Australia’s leading investment research houses have signalled a return to relevance for active investment managers....

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Financial planning

Active management in a volatile market has the potential to deliver better returns after fees than index funds...

Financial planning

Financial planners have been warned that estate planning is about more than just making a will and that they risk curtailing possible revenue streams if they fail to unde...

Financial planning

Former High Court Judge Sir Anthony Mason believes failures such as Westpoint and Storm point to the need for tighter regulation of financial services....

Editorial

Industry players have begun voicing their concern about the increasing possibility of a removal of tax-free withdrawals from superannuation in light of the global financi...

Policy & Regulation

Taxation academic suggests that the current economic downturn has provided an opportunity for the Government to rethink tax arrangements for superannuation, including its...

Financial planning

Taxation expert warns planners about conflicts of interest implications if they are involved in transferring retirement funds from overseas into products that generate co...

Superannuation

But the Commissioner of Taxation said the ATO can provide relief for trustees being buffeted by current market conditions....

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Financial planning

BT Financial Group is launching a three-year program to provide faster direct equities trading and improved market information and trading tools on its wrap platform....

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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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AMP is to launch a digital advice service to provide retirement advice to members of its AMP Super Fund, in partnership with Bravura Solutions. ...

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ASIC has taken action against a Queensland adviser who was sentenced last May for misappropriating $1.8 million from his clients....

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A former Insignia Financial C-suite exec has taken on a leadership role at MUFG Retirement Solutions as it announces chief executive Dee McGrath will depart after six yea...

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