Education on retirement investing has been overlooked by professional qualifications and advisers may be unaware of other retirement investment approaches they could use,...
While currently finalising a review based on samples of intra-fund advice, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission has used an article to explain that intra-...
Like Australia, the United Kingdom is struggling to find a better retirement incomes regime but advice has been identified as a key ingredient. ...
The corporate watchdog’s consultation paper is an important step forward but the limited licence regime needs to be redesigned to provide scaled advice for self-managed s...
QSuper has confirmed it is considering allowing the deduction of advice fees from member accounts by external advisers. ...
It is now officially illegal to hawk a member of a MySuper product into a choice product offered by the same fund and this will ultimately boost retirement savings of Aus...
Industry funds are urging more clarity from the regulators on what can be delivered via limited and intrafund advice while canvassing the ability to bill members in three...
Superannuation funds identified as having delivered advice which might be detrimental to their members were asked to do no more than put it right and confirm they had don...
Only superannuation advice regarding consolidating other accounts including defined benefit along with retirement advice should be classified as ‘complex personal advice’...
The Shadow Assistant Treasurer and Shadow Minister for Financial Services, Stephen Jones, has challenged whether advice is actually affordable or not given Australians ar...
One of Australia’s largest industry superannuation funds has confirmed it actually directly charges members who access intrafund advice....
Intrafund advice must be seen to leave clients better off or it will likely fail best interests, according to the Australian Securities and Investments Commission. ...
From my perspective, 40- 50% of people are likely going to be deeply unhappy about how long they actually live. ...
Super director remuneration ...
No doubt true, but most of it is still because over 45’s have been upgrading their houses with 30 year mortgages. Money ...