Financial advice

Financial advice

The SMC has come under fire over the past week following a statement in which its CEO referred to advisers as “dodgy”....

Financial advice

Super funds are ramping up their financial advice offerings, with ART confirming it is already on the path to implementing a new single intra-fund advice program....

Financial advice

The Financial Services Minister says the amendments to the SIS Act within the first QAR bill will “clarify the law to affirm the status quo”....

Financial advice

Superannuation funds have thrown their support behind the QAR reforms but want a “clear statement” that they will not be required to check all member SOAs....

Financial advice

In its latest report, the corporate regulator says the deduction of advice fees has led to instances of “inappropriate erosion of members’ balances”....

Financial advice

Financial advice is having a significant impact on how Australians are engaging with the more complex aspects of their superannuation, new findings have shown. ...

Financial advice

While the Financial Advice Association Australia said it supports a performance testing regime “in principle”, it holds reservations about expanding this scope to retirem...

Superannuation

In a Senate submission, the Financial Services Council said super funds should be able to nudge members on engaging with their super and has cautioned against default pla...

Financial advice

The Joint Associations Working Group, which counts FSC in its ranks, has issued an urgent warning to the government. ...

Financial advice

Senator Jane Hume will join the speaker lineup at the inaugural Australian Wealth Management Summit. ...

Superannuation

New research from ART has found less than a third of women feel their superannuation is in a good position, reiterating the importance of opening up the advice arena to s...

Financial advice

The peak body for the superannuation industry says that intra-fund advice should be widened to cover the transition to retirement....

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Grant Banner

From my perspective, 40- 50% of people are likely going to be deeply unhappy about how long they actually live. ...

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Kevin Gorman

Super director remuneration ...

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Anthony Asher

No doubt true, but most of it is still because over 45’s have been upgrading their houses with 30 year mortgages. Money ...

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ART has cautioned regulators against imposing overlapping obligations on superannuation funds already operating under APRA’s comprehensive framework, saying that addition...

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