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Financial advisers are in for a tough time over the next five to ten years, as pension products offered directly through industry superannuation funds take a larger slice...
Financial planning
The industry has come out in support of an Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) recommendation that regulations surrounding the use of past performance...
Financial planning
The Federal Government has released a paper outlining the implementation for its policy on the portability of superannuation but has come under immediate criticism from t...
Financial planning
The Austrailan Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has replaced the trustee of a small superannuation fund based in Victoria after discovering the fund directors were ...
Financial planning
The managed funds market in Australia declined by $13.7 billion between the March and June quarters at the end of the 2002 financial year, according to a report by the Au...
Financial planning
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia’s (ASFA) chief executive Philippa Smith says the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority’s (APRA) claims recently ...
Financial planning
AUSTRALIANS are paying too much for funds under management, and consumers should have the option of paying fees on a performance basis to compensate for underperforming f...
Financial planning
Old Stan Pendergast had a stack of fibro down the back past the chook shed, and each time one of his seven children arrived, he picked up a few sheets and added another b...
Superannuation
INDUSTRY reporting standards fall short in providing fair comparisons in the area of superannuation funds, according to Chant West Financial Services director, Warren Cha...
Editorial
Beacon Financial Services has lost up to $9 million since June 30 this year as a result of an expensive strategy to exit completely the underperforming derivative positio...
Superannuation
GIVEN the extremely strong growth in numbers and assets held in DIY superannuation funds, particularly self-managed superannuation funds (SMSF), it is surprising that so ...
Financial planning
The Senate Select Committee on Superannuation has reported its findings stating that the current system for taxing transfers from foreign superannuation was too heavy and...
Financial planning
Following his retrospective a month ago, TOM COLLINS looks forward and predicts what changes and trends will emerge over the next four years and the impact they will have...
Financial planning
THE FEDERAL opposition has made a last minute bid to block parts of the Financial Services Reform Act (FSRA) in an attempt to modify crucial new disclosure requirements f...
Financial planning
The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has welcomed yesterday’s introduction of super choice legislation into the federal parliament, which will result in unlimited sup...
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Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...
This verdict highlights something deeply wrong and rotten at the heart of the FSCP. We are witnessing a heavy-handed, op...
Interesting. Would be good to know the details of the StrategyOne deal....