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Financial planning

Financial planners are being encouraged to offer advice to large numbers of first time shareholders involved in the share buyback scheme currently underway with the NRMA....

Policy & Regulation

The Institute of Chartered Accountants (ICAA) has joined the chorus of criticism of the Alienation of Personal Services Income (APSI) legislation....

Financial planning

The Financial Planning Association has secured a partial victory in its ongoing struggle with the Federal Government and the Australian Tax Office (ATO) regarding the Ali...

Superannuation

Superannuation is still one of the best ways of saving, with the most attractive tax options, says Morrows director superannuation services Murray Wyatt....

Financial planning

The last few years have seen many legislative changes which impact on financial planning, and 2000 was no exception. In 2000 we saw the introduction of the Goods and Serv...

Financial planning

The New Zealand Government will forgo about $500 million a year in revenue if it chooses to provide tax incentives for private savings....

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...

Financial planning

Master trusts have been granted a last minute reprieve before they have to become Investor Directed Portfolio Services (IDPS)....

Financial planning

The arrival of exchange traded funds has added another option for those who wish to invest in passive investment strategies. Paul Ali and Martin Gold examine the operatio...

Financial planning

A record number of advisers are selling their businesses at the moment. The ones making the big dollars are those who run the most proactive businesses, according to Gran...

Financial planning

Today, the outlook for financial services in Australia is looking bright. The industry is more competitive, efficient and innovative than it has ever been, providing a va...

Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has applied to the Victorian Supreme Court to close 22 unregistered investment schemes and their corporate pro...

Financial planning

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Financial planning

Less than one in ten agribusiness investment schemes on the market passed analysis by van Eyk Capital this year. ...

Financial planning

I remember long ago when I used to sit down and do my taxation in one afternoon. ...

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Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...

2 months ago

Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...

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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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