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Funds management

Investment bonds have not been front of mind for many advisers in the past 20 years but are slowly coming back into vogue. Jassmyn Goh finds out what has changed....

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Financial planning

Applying a gender lens on policy and tax reform will help combat the many women retiring in poverty, according to a panel....

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Superannuation

A Government whip is warning that Labor has Australian’s dormant superannuation accounts in their sights as a cash reserve, should it return to power....

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Superannuation

Proposed ASIC class order changes to fees and costs disclosure are so opaque one industry group has called for whiteboards and an industry roundtable to dissect them....

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Superannuation

Lower income earners should be given a $5,000 boost to their super to make the most of compound interest before retirement, according to ISA....

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Policy & Regulation

The ATO has reaffirmed its ruling that the anti-avoidance rule for income tax did not apply to a personal services business paying a related employee super in excess of m...

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Financial planning

It is often assumed that young people are not actively looking to manage their finances, however, the FPA’s Financial Planning Week found the opposite....

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Superannuation

Australia must avoid temptation to compromise on how to deal with an ageing population in order to fix housing affordability, ASFA believes....

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Superannuation

ISA will continue to push back against banks moving into the default super fund space with an advertising campaign urging employers to not pick banks for default funds....

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Superannuation

The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority’s new reporting standards for super funds confirm continuing bureaucratic life for planner trailing commissions....

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Editorial

Closing the gap with respect to women’s retirement incomes is a challenge best surmounted via a political unity ticket....

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Financial planning

UniSuper’s advice offices are now accredited under the FPA Professional Practice program, the first profit-to-member fund to do so....

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People & Products

Kinetic Super appoints consultant, Elizabeth Thomas, as interim chief executive....

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Financial planning

Assistant Treasurer, Josh Frydenberg, has signalled the Government’s active consideration of more flexible super contribution caps for women....

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Superannuation

To improve the customer journey for fund members, Link Group and ME Bank have partnered to offer integrated innovations for super funds....

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