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The Federal Opposition is signalling its intention to move even further than the Government in terms of life-time fee disclosure with respect to superannuation....
Policy & Regulation
Superannuation industry figure Barbara Smith has on the eve of the Federal Budget urged Treasurer Peter Costello to remove some of the taxes on super funds because they a...
Financial planning
JOHN PERRI looks at what has become law recently, and what is around the corner in 2004....
Financial planning
Consumers are still struggling to fully understand fees and charges within the superannuation sector according to the latest research released by the Association of Super...
Financial planning
The Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) has appointed a deputy chief executive officer John O'Shaughnessy, following the recent decision by the then depu...
Financial planning
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) and the Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) had “constructive” talks on Friday and will meet ...
Financial planning
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has banned a Queensland-based adviser for investing $1.3 million of client assets through an unlicensed Philip...
Financial planning
The Government’s proposed fee disclosure regulations have been defeated in the Senate, with the Australian Labor Party’s motion to disallow the draft rules passed with th...
Financial planning
The Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer, Ross Cameron has written to the chief executives of both the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (AFSA) and the...
Superannuation
Retiree couples need an annual income of $43,350 to achieve a ‘comfortable’ retirement lifestyle, while singles need $32,800 according to new research released by the Ass...
Financial planning
The former chief executive of Wealthpoint Brett Sanders has announced his return to the financial services industry, heading up boutique asset consultant Grove Financial ...
Financial planning
The Federal Government has used the last sitting day of Parliament this year to introduce legislation backing the latest iteration of the Corporate Law Economic Reform Pr...
Life/Risk
By structuring the ownership of personal life insurance policies via superannuation, it may be possible to fund such premiums from pre-tax earnings, says Andrew Lowe....
Financial planning
The Federal Government is undertaking to release within two weeks the draft regulations and operating standards which will apply to the licensing of superannuation truste...
Financial planning
The Federal Government has accused the Australian Labor Party of pilfering its superannuation policies, following yesterday’s announcement by the Opposition of the first ...
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So shareholders lose a dividend plus have seen the erosion of value. Qantas decides to clawback remuneration from Alan ...
This is why I left my last position. There was no interest in giving the client quality time, it was all about bumping ...
So the Hayne Royal Commission has left us with this. What a sad day for the financial planning industry. Clearly most ...