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Financial planning

Anthony Dick has been charged after using clients’ savings to fund his own personal lifestyle expenses....

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Superannuation

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission and the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority have welcomed the proposed reforms aimed at increasing the role of...

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Financial planning

Superannuation funds have identified the manner which Government policy changes and increased regulation is pushing the cost of advice beyond the means of many low-income...

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Life/Risk

The conditions attaching to some total and permanent disability insurance products sold inside superannuation made them tantamount to junk, according to consumer group, C...

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Superannuation

Getting rid of the complexities of the superannuation system will allow financial advisers to focus on helping individuals understand what retirement means for them rathe...

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Financial planning

The benefits of comprehensive financial advice significantly outweigh those delivered by intra-fund advice and this should be recognised within the Retirement Income Syst...

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Superannuation

Many superannuation fund members are unaware they are part owners in industries that might not align with their values such as tobacco, weapons, and gambling, according t...

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Financial planning

IOOF has confirmed the existence of 67 advisers it regards as being in the high risk category as it gets ready to start client remediation early this year....

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Superannuation

Barely a week after distribution its superannuation heatmaps, the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority is arguing that larger superannuation funds are more sustaina...

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Policy & Regulation

Insurance inside superannuation needs a properly resourced code administrator with sanction powers, according to the Australian Securities and Investments Commission....

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Financial planning

In 2017 the bank had underpaid staff in pay and entitlements in relation to super due to ‘excessively complex individual employment arrangements’, according to the Financ...

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Superannuation

The founder of one of Australia’s first dedicated superannuation fund research and ratings firms has suggested that the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority should ...

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Superannuation

The retirement income review’s model will be able to dispel the contagious false narratives such as spiralling inflation and plummeting house prices that disproportionate...

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Superannuation

The industry superannuation fund owned organisation has acquired US energy company Buckeye Partners, with the aim to help the company lower emissions....

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Superannuation

Compared to their global counterparts, Australians are more anxious about their super, despite our world class superannuation system....

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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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This verdict highlights something deeply wrong and rotten at the heart of the FSCP. We are witnessing a heavy-handed, op...

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Interesting. Would be good to know the details of the StrategyOne deal....

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