A Money Management survey has suggested the cost of opt-in will not be cheap and it will be carried by clients....
The Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) has taken a largely sympathetic approach to an option within a Treasury options paper to alter the Australian F...
Industry superannuation funds have reassumed their dominance as shaky share markets undermine retail master trust returns....
Industry superannuation funds have signalled they will be continuing their long running campaign against financial planning commissions with Industry Funds Management cha...
The Government embraced a modified MySuper as a central element of its election policy but, as Mike Taylor reports, there remain plenty of reasons why the concept should ...
The advent of intra-fund advice has given rise to online advice platforms with point-and-click delivery, writes Mike Taylor. But will the regulators be able to keep up wi...
The Henry Review, the Government's overview of Australia's tax system, has failed to suggest action on the life insurance/risk needs of consumers....
It is vital that superannuation fund members have an understanding of death benefits, says ING Australia's Scott Quinn....
The Commonwealth Bank has urged an extension of the intra-fund advice relief to financial planners arguing they are better qualified to meet the needs of members than tru...
A focus on broader superannuation policy has left a number of the technically challenging details introduced in the Better Super package unresolved, particularly where co...
AIST calls for subsidisation of pre-retirement financial advice and tax deductibility for other advice....
Financial planners and superannuation fund members may soon be able to compare funds based on a simple scale determined by their relative exposure to risk....
Chris Bowen has sent a clear message that the Government will be cherry-picking the recommendations of the Henry Tax Review....
With new research revealing that Australian superannuation fund members remained rusted on to their funds despite the GFC, there are calls for more focus on the quality o...
The Federal Government's tinkering with superannuation in the May Federal Budget and a rash of reviews have served to undermine confidence. ...
Interesting. Would be good to know the details of the StrategyOne deal....
It’s astonishing to see the FAAA now pushing for more advisers by courting "career changers" and international recruits,...
increased professionalism within the industry - shouldn't that say, FAR register almost halving in the last 24 months he...