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Financial planning

Arrangements for the transition to the new superannuation system proposed in this year’s Federal Budget have come under question as the impact of the changes begins to si...

Financial planning

Count Wealth Accountants has announced that reverse mortgage products provided by ABN Amro, Bluestone Equity Release and Macquarie Mortgages would be added to its recomme...

Financial planning

Parliamentary secretary to the treasurer Chris Pearce has stated that he intends to make further refinements to the Financial Services Reform Act over the next 12 months....

Financial planning

Ascending to the summit of an organisation is an achievement people usually rank as a life long ambition but Corinna Dieters’ decision to stand for election as chair of t...

Financial planning

The estimated $140 billion that will go into the Federal Government’s Future Fund over the next 15 years may not be managed by external fund managers, but controlled inte...

Financial planning

The Federal Government has rejected an application by the Police Federation of Australia (PFA) to allow its members early access to their superannuation....

Financial planning

The Federal Government has introduced legislation that will finally deliver on its 2004 election promise on superannuation splitting....

Financial planning

Consumers will soon be able to choose their own super fund, but that doesn’t mean they should let their life insurance run through to the keeper. Ross Kelly reports....

Financial planning

Financial planning groups have been given the chance to break down any barriers preventing them from pushing into the American financial services market as part of negoti...

Financial planning

What do the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) and the Australian Consumers Association (ACA) really want from financial services? What can be left o...

Financial planning

If anyone had any doubt about how conflicts of interest, whether real or perceived, are impacting on the image of financial planners, then they only had to listen to a sp...

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The Investment and Financial Services Association has called for a three-year deferral of the introduction of dollar fee disclosure regulations on closed financial servic...

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