Financial advice

Financial advice

The reduction in eligibility age for downsizer contributions is among top questions asked by clients of the BT technical team. ...

Financial advice

Superannuation members are at risk of retiring with a lower balance as they are overly-focused on other assets such as cryptocurrency, according to Equip. ...

Financial advice

Around a third of high net worth investors say it will take a miracle to achieve a secure retirement, despite having over a $1 million or more in investable assets, accor...

Financial advice

The cost for advice provided by superannuation funds, as proposed by the Quality of Advice Review, should be deducted from the member’s interest, according to the SMSF As...

Financial advice

Financial advice sought by Rest members has doubled since 2019 but the fund is hesitant to enhance its offering as they await regulatory guidance. ...

Financial advice

Industry Super Australia has revealed its 18 recommendations for the financial services industry that it believes would enable superannuation funds to provide cost-effect...

Financial advice

The cost of providing a Statement of Advice to superannuation fund members are thousands of dollars more than for a Record of Advice, according to ASFA, and consumers fin...

Financial advice

Westpac has been ordered to pay penalties of $113 million for compliance failures in banking, superannuation, wealth management and insurance....

Financial advice

Dealer group National Advice Solutions in Queensland has been charged with 11 offences after encouraging clients to roll over their superannuation into different products...

Financial advice

Questions have been raised during Senate estimates as to whether a superannuation’s fund ethical framework should be taken into account during the annual performance test...

Financial advice

The Retirement Income Covenant is doomed to fail if there are a lack of advisers in the industry to convince consumers’ of its worth. ...

Financial advice

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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. ...

1 year 4 months ago
Kevin Gorman

Super director remuneration ...

1 year 4 months ago
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 ...

1 year 4 months ago

A major super fund has defended its use of private markets in a submission to ASIC, asserting that appropriate governance and information-sharing practices are present in...

10 hours ago

A member body representing some prominent wealth managers is concerned super funds’ dominance is sidelining small companies in capital markets....

1 day 7 hours ago

While the latest quarterly CPI print exceeded expectations, most economists still anticipate a rate cut, especially amid growing downside risks to global growth stemming ...

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