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Financial planning

A former director of the troubled hospitality industry Employees Productivity Award Superannuation Fund has been sentenced to three years jail-term by a Queensland Distri...

Editorial

Perpetual Trustee Company is set to improve its 2003 profit performance by at least 25 per cent, fuelled by strong growth in its funds management business and increases w...

Funds management

The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has permanently disqualified two former Harts Australasia executives from the industry for failing to demonstrate du...

Superannuation

DAVID SHIRLOW argues super should still be considered an option for high-income clients as a means of paying for life insurance....

Financial planning

Equity Trustees Funds Management is sometimes seen as a manager of a number of boutique fund managers, however, the relationships go a lot deeper....

Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC), in line with its ongoing efforts to improve risk disclosure to investors, has released an overview of common ...

Financial planning

The Federal Government is likely to accept Senate amendments to the Superannuation Safety Amendment Bill when it is returned to the House of Representatives following min...

Superannuation

A Brisbane broker has been forced to accept a permanent injunction preventing him from granting clients early access to their superannuation lump sums....

Financial planning

Equity Trustees is on track to post a strong profit result later this year after turning round its half yearly performance with an after-tax profit of $1.2 million for th...

Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has today taken action in two areas of considerable regulatory focus of late - early release super schemes and...

Financial planning

Investors have been strongly warned against illegal schemes promising access to their superannuation before retirement by the Australian Securities and Investments Commis...

Financial planning

The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has accepted an enforceable undertaking from a third former AM Corporation director in light of its investigation in...

Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has taken action against a director of a super fund and a promoter of a superannuation rollover scheme after a...

Superannuation

The findings of the Australian Taxation Office’s recent SMSF Compliance Review benchmarking study requires closer consideration, says Kevin Smith....

Superannuation

The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) has issued a blunt message to self-managed superannuation funds (SMSFs) warning the honeymoon period in its regulation of the sector ...

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