Volume 7 Number 2

Volume 7 Issue 2

Superannuation

Tightening QROPS - major structural changes to the regime

KEAT CHEW | Comments | MONDAY, 9 JUL 2012

Since April 2006 and after more than five years of QROPS transfers from the UK and monitoring the outflows and transfer outcomes, the British government has decided to move to tighten the regime which ... Since ... Read more

Outcome oriented funds: the next generation of super

SARA HIGGINS , JOHN WILSON | Comments | MONDAY, 9 JUL 2012

This research suggests that funds that target a retirement income replacement goal and are outcome-oriented are likely to be the next generation of funds. And more specifically, lifecycle strategies ... This ... Read more

Applied Financial Planning

Gaining credit from the FOFA reforms: Winning the trust and generating new fee income with clients

SHEHAN WIJETILAKA | Comments | MONDAY, 9 JUL 2012

As the Future of Financial Advice (FOFA) reform sweeps through the Australian wealth management industry, it is clear that many clients don't actually understand the details of the financial advice ... As ... Read more

Guardian of advice

CHARLES BADENACH | Comments | MONDAY, 9 JUL 2012

This case-study looks at the financial advice given to Tim (20) who when he was just eight years old suffered severe injuries from a car accident in which his mother was killed. While a police investigation ... This ... Read more

Taxation & Estate Planning

Special disability trusts - now worth another look

DEBORAH WIXTED | Comments | MONDAY, 9 JUL 2012

Family members and carers of people who have a severe disability have been able to establish a special disability trust since 20 September 2006. The purpose of this trust is to provide financial assistance ... Family ... Read more

Insurance claims taxed - when and why

JONATHAN DE FRIES | Comments | MONDAY, 9 JUL 2012

From a tax perspective, most advisers when working in personal insurance may concentrate on deductibility of premiums and whether to hold insurance in or out of super. Advisers working in business insurance ... From ... Read more

How long will SMSF taxation concessions last?

LINDSAY STODDART | Comments | MONDAY, 9 JUL 2012

In this paper Lindsay Stoddart, Stoddart Legal, explores what the future holds for self managed super fund tax concessions. In this paper Lindsay Stoddart, Stoddart Legal, explores what the future ... Read more

Ethics & Governance

Understanding the nature of conflicts of interest

SIMON LONGSTAFF | Comments | MONDAY, 9 JUL 2012

Most people have an intuitive grasp of what it means to have a conflict of interest. However, it should be observed that consideration of the nature of conflicts of interest is made complex by the fact ... Most ... Read more

Investment

Are traditional investment theories and techniques becoming irrelevant?

MATTHEW DAVIS | Comments | MONDAY, 9 JUL 2012

In recent times it would seem that relying on the tenets of traditional investment theory has become an excuse for fund managers and investment advisers to be lazy and apathetic. Many advisers rely on ... In ... Read more

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Cbus head of advice launches firm KANIKA SOOD The former head of advice of the $57 billion superannuation fund has launched a new advisory aimed at working with super funds and dealer groups to develop better models of delivering advice.	Why women struggle in financial advice ELIZABETH MCARTHUR New research points the finger at conflicted remuneration as one of the factors keeping women out of the financial advice industry.

Bank of Mum and Dad forking out serious dosh ALLY SELBY More young Aussies are turning to their parents, the appropriately dubbed 'Bank of Mum and Dad', to help secure equity for a first home deposit, and financial advisers are split on the growing trend.	FPA supports tightening insurance claims ELIZABETH MCARTHUR The Financial Planning Association of Australia said in a submission to Treasury that it supports bringing insurance claims handling under the definition of financial services.

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