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Financial planning

The sheer size of the baby boomer generation presents a retirement planning opportunity too good for financial advisers to miss. But the fact that they also think differe...

Accounting

The Financial Planning Association (FPA) and the Investments and Financial Services Association (IFSA) have moved to head off a further bid by accountants to get a larger...

Superannuation

The trustees of a number of self-managed superannuation funds can expect to be contacted by both the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) and the Australian Prudential Regula...

Superannuation

Accountancy body CPA Australia has identified a substantial knowledge gap among those involved in self-managed superannuation funds, with claims that around a third do no...

Financial planning

Proving that advice is given in the best interests of clients is more critical than ever if financial planners want to avoid a day in court, writes Paul Resnik....

Financial planning

Tribeca Learning has confirmed its bid to acquire the Strategist Group after signing a heads of agreement with the self managed superannuation fund education firm ahead o...

Financial planning

Shadforths associate and private client adviser Tony Gray is in an enviable position....

Superannuation

The trustees of a number of self-managed superannuation funds can expect to be contacted by both the Australian Taxation Office and the Australian Prudential Regulation A...

Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has reaffirmed its ongoing crusade against schemes illegally promoting the early release of superannuation by announc...

Financial planning

Superannuation funds with fewer than 50 members may still pay a defined benefit pension under a one-year transitional rule. Liang P Leow reports....

Superannuation

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Superannuation

Nick Bruining takes a serious look at the impact of choice of fund legislation on the asset management and self-managed super arena....

Financial planning

The Federal Government has been accused of applying a “sledgehammer approach to regulation” after Opposition Minister for Retirement Incomes and Savings Senator Nick Sher...

Financial planning

Complying pensions within SMSFs have been given a year long reprieve after widespread industry and community protest. Jason Spits looks at how the change came about and w...

Superannuation

Super Concepts has announced the release of a new advice service for the self managed superannuation fund (SMSF) market that tracks performance of individual SMSFs....

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