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Financial planning

With adviser education set to be a continued focus for the industry in the new year, the SMSF Association has welcomed the Productivity Commission’s call for high advice ...

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Superannuation

Industry Super Australia has told the Productivity Commission that some retail funds and self-managed superannuation fund promoters have pursued ‘confusion marketing stra...

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Superannuation

Super funds might see their returns hitting negative for the first time since 2011, according to financial advisory firm Dixon Advisory....

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Superannuation

The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority has not waited on passage of Government legislation and has, instead, set new prudential requirements to support an outcome...

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Financial planning

Only 16.8 per cent of wealth management product holders obtained their fund from a professional adviser, according to new results from Roy Morgan. ...

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Superannuation

The Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees has welcomed the Australian Securities and Investment Commission’s announcement with regards to a longer transition pe...

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Funds management

Fidante Partners has announced the launch of ActiveX, a series of actively-managed exchange traded funds....

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People & Products

Big retailing industry superannuation fund REST has confirmed it will soon be announcing the names of those to fill newly-created group executive roles following the exit...

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Policy & Regulation

AMP Limited has made clear it is provisioning substantially less than the $1.185 billion mentioned during the Royal Commission for client remediation....

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Financial planning

AMP Limited acting chief executive, Mike Wilkins has confirmed the firm is facing more fees for no service remediation challenges after discovering new breaches as recent...

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Superannuation

The Royal Commission has heard that the time-table attaching to the AMP superannuation fund boards’ decision to cut MySuper fees by 50 basis points was devised elsewhere ...

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Superannuation

As the banks face issues with customer satisfaction so too have their associated super funds, with industry funds having increased their customer satisfaction ratings ove...

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Financial planning

NEOS Life has appointed financial technology and infrastructure company, Sargon, as the new trustee of its Super Plan....

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Superannuation

New analysis from Rice Warner has suggested that the removal of volume-based adviser fees would challenge superannuation just as much as it would challenge planning firms...

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Financial planning

The SMSF Association has urged the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority to prioritise finding a workable solution rather than rushing to meet its implementati...

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