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Superannuation

Most may have not noticed it, but the government has been eroding the effectiveness of the superannuation system in the past and is likely to do so again in the next ten ...

Financial planning

A group of 10 accounting and financial planning firms have teamed together to create a new planning group, Investment Taxation Services (ITS)....

Financial planning

A number of agribusiness investment schemes will fail to achieve capital raising targets this financial year following a crackdown by the ATO....

Financial planning

Two years ago, the funds management back office outsourcing market was dominated by BT Portfolio Services and Perpetual Fund Services. Perpetual’s move to sell off its ou...

Financial planning

A number of agribusiness investment schemes will fail to achieve capital raising targets this financial year following a crackdown by the ATO....

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Financial planning

A number of agribusiness investment schemes will fail to achieve capital raising targets this financial year following a crackdown by the Australian Taxation Office (ATO)...

Superannuation

Superannuation looks likely to become a hot issue in the lead up to the federal election later this year....

Financial planning

Federal Budgets have many parts but the one that gathers the most attention is called tax. Jason Spits looks at the tax changes which will affect clients of planners....

Financial planning

In recent weeks, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission has taken a hard line against some of the industry’s most high profile dealer groups....

Financial planning

Whispers within the financial services industry seem to suggest that financial planners have something to fear as the financial year ends. However, Kate Kachor discovers ...

Financial planning

Financial Planning Association (FPA) chairman John Hewison has blasted the Federal Government and the Australian Tax Office (ATO) over their stance on alienation of perso...

Financial planning

After a several month search, the Australian Retirement Income Streams Association (ARISA) has hired Kevin Casey as the association’s new chief executive....

Financial planning

The creation of a new accountant-based dealer group last year caused a whirl of publicity as some big names struck out on their own. Kate Kachor looks at their progress s...

Policy & Regulation

It wasn’t that long ago that news of the Ralph report dominated the financial press. Contentious issues for our industry included the initial consideration of treating co...

Financial planning

The creation of a new accountant based dealer group mid last year resulted in a whirl of publicity as some big names struck out on their own. Kate Kachor looks at their p...

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A Sydney financial adviser has been permanently banned from providing any financial services, with the regulator deriding his “lack of integrity, trustworthiness and prof...

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Minister for Financial Services, Stephen Jones, has provided further information about the second tranche of the Delivering Better Financial Outcomes (DBFO) reforms....

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One licensee has lost 27 advisers in the past week, now sitting at zero, according to the latest Wealth Data figures....

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