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Aussies mainly concerned about super and retiring

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 SEP 2013
Superannuation and retirement planning are the key areas of concern for Australians who decide to seek financial advice. The results from the Financial Planning Week organised by the Financial Planning Association (FPA) indicate that superannuation ...

Anne Street SMSF advice falls under ASIC radar

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 5 SEP 2013
... suitable alternative strategies that would have met clients' needs and to take into account clients' long-term retirement planning objectives. The group has not properly managed conflicts of interest where the advice provided to clients resulted in referrals ...

ASIC concerned over "pockets" of poor SMSF advice

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 2 SEP 2013
... investors, suitable alternatives to an SMSF not considered and inadequate consideration of the investor's long-term retirement planning objectives. "We also found that investors were not warned about the very real risk of not having access to a statutory ...

Former ING DIRECT BDM joins EBX

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUL 2013
... experience in the financial services industry in roles in developing and distributing structured products, retirement planning, small business consulting, financial planning, practice development and superannuation. Ibbotson holds a degree in Industrial ...

Endowment bond product frees SMSFs to add risk

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUN 2013
... that has a fixed date such as school fees, a holiday or a large purchase, we see the greatest application in retirement planning," said Duchesne. "The problem with non-outcome based investments is the risk of having to drawdown at the worst possible ...

BT launches adviser website and app

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 17 JUN 2013
... place. BTAS gives access to technical information and advice in areas such as superannuation, social security, retirement planning, tax aged care and estate planning. "BTAS really puts everything a planner needs at their fingertips," head of practice ...

ASIC releases draft super benefits calculator guidelines

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAR 2013
... protection they will grant if fund promoters follow the guidelines. The clarification has become necessary as retirement planning becomes more central to superannuation and members increasingly focus on trying to understand the likely income levels their ...

What Stronger Super?

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 26 FEB 2013
... superannuation funds all have an important role to play in educating working Australians about financial and retirement planning, which will be a fundamental step in trying to combat the looming retirement funding crisis," said Anderson. A nationally-representative ...

New Melbourne manager for Centric Wealth

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 FEB 2013
... planning professional since 1995 and has been with Centric Wealth since 2004, advising clients in all areas of retirement planning, wealth creation, portfolio construction and superannuation. She had held a number of senior roles at Centric Wealth. Prior ...

Energy Super makes two senior appointments

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2012
... relationships manager respectively. With $4 billion in funds under management, industry fund Energy Super provides retirement planning solutions to 48,000 members across Australia. Judd has more than seven years' experience in investment management and ...