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Financial planning

Professional Investment Services (PIS) has warned that any statutory compensation scheme targeted solely at advisers and not the entire value chain is destined to fail....

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Superannuation

Questions have been asked about why former union officials dominate the make-up of the trustee board overseeing Commonwealth superannuation funds....

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Financial planning

The Australian Chamber Orchestra (ACO) is targeting sophisticated philanthropic investors with a new wholesale fund aimed at benefiting from the appreciating value of rar...

Editorial

Superannuation accounts for children carry the built-in asset of time as a valid long-term savings option. However, Sarina Raffo discovers establishing a fund for younger...

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Financial planning

Budget changes making the directors of phoenix companies personally liable for unpaid super could have far-reaching consequences, but will ultimately benefit employees....

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Superannuation

The Federal Opposition has signalled it will force super fund trustees to conduct member ballots on mergers....

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Tools & guides

David O'Connell explains the social security assessment of the principal home....

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Editorial

Daniel Butler and Timothy Foster take a legal view on planning and structuring pensions....

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Superannuation

Daniel Butler and Timothy Foster take a legal view on planning and structuring pensions....

Financial planning

A $29 million class action on behalf of Fincorp investors will go ahead after being granted approval by the Federal Court of Australia on Friday....

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Superannuation

Self-managed super fund trustees are taking advantage of new limited recourse borrowing arrangements to invest in both property and other financial assets, according to S...

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Superannuation

SMSFs a greater AML/CTF risk, claims ASFA submission....

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Financial planning

The levy to cover the $55 million financial assistance package for victims of the Trio Capital collapse has been announced by the Government....

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Editorial

The lead-up to financial year end is usually seen as a time of opportunity for financial advisers to revise tax strategies with their clients. Jeff Scott explains why it ...

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Superannuation

Continuous tinkering with the rules relating to self-managed super funds (SMSFs) and superannuation in general is causing serious concerns for advisers and inflicting dra...

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Insignia Financial has made four appointments, including three who have joined from TAL, to lead strategy and innovation in its retirement solutions for the MLC brand....

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