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Financial planning

Senior Australians are increasingly turning to planners for retirement incomes advice....

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Superannuation

Super funds trustees need to use big data to provide concrete evidence that they understand their members’ needs, according to Milliman....

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Accounting

Unlicensed accountants are being asked to ‘please explain’ by ASIC as they may be in breach of financial services laws, a law firm said....

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Superannuation

An unpaid super debt would more likely to be paid with a simple phone call if super fund trustees step in early to recover it, IFS believes....

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Superannuation

Superannuation may have to more clearly justify their expenditure on advertising campaigns via related parties under governance changes being proposed by the Australian P...

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Superannuation

ASIC has disqualified an SMSF auditor after he audited the fund of a close family member and breached audit evidence requirements....

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Funds management

Australian Ethical has reported a record quarter of net flows and a surge in membership numbers....

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Superannuation

AIST has welcomed the digitalisation of superannuation choice forms, where a default fund must be named....

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Superannuation

Family violence is one of the rare situations in which short-term financial needs are more compelling than the need to preserve super for retirement, according to HESTA....

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Superannuation

There was a large disparity between what Australians expected to need to retire with versus what they actually had, according to a report....

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Superannuation

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has delayed the start dates applying to the Government’s superannuation budget changes....

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Superannuation

Industry Super Australia has commissioned new research it claims proves the major banks are using super to gouge fees....

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Superannuation

The industry superannuation funds are using new research to claim that retail superannuation funds should be required to have higher levels of transparency on fees....

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Financial planning

Self-managed super fund software provider, Class had entered into a partnership with financial advice specialist, Plenty Plus....

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Superannuation

The super reforms could throw a hefty spanner into a significant percentage of SMSF members’ contribution strategy and overall wealth plan, according to Class....

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