Some Australian financial planners and superannuation funds have been accused of needlessly worrying British pension holders on the basis of misleading claims that United...

A Victorian-based company and holder of an Australian Financial Services Licence that acted as trustee for a number of superannuation funds, Top Quartile Management Limit...

The Federal Government has moved to address the lingering tax file number issue by ensuring the Australian Taxation Office provides the data to superannuation funds unles...

Colonial First State has enhanced the investment menu of its platform FirstChoice by adding three new geared options....

Brian Bissaker has been appointed chief executive of Colonial First State, replacing John Pearce, who resigned earlier this month to take up a position in Hong Kong....

Known in the hedge funds industry as a patient investor, Colonial First State Global Asset Management’s hedge fund team has shown that it pays to be well educated on an i...

A leading financial services lawyer is lobbying various industry bodies to convince the Government to extend the timeframe over which members of the public can contribute...

The Federal Budget has received a mixed response, with ASFA lamenting the narrowness of the Government’s one-off co-contribution bonus while Challenger has questioned whe...

Global investment company T. Rowe Price will boost its presence within the Australian market, focusing on providing global equity investments to retail platforms, indepen...

The head of technical services at a leading fund manager has warned financial planners that self-managed superannuation funds are likely to come under greater tax scrutin...

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The Government’s simpler superannuation initiatives have created inconsistencies that could result in people ending up with low or inadequate levels of death and total an...

The capital gains tax implications and taxation of group life and total and permanent disability (TPD) insurance policies held outside superannuation still require clarif...

The Financial Planning Association has recruited Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia chief financial officer and company secretary Robert Swanbury as its new...