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Road test your super statement to help boost your retirement nest egg

Sep 28, 2014

Tags: 101 Ways, Financial Planning, Pensions, Retirement, SMSF, Super

ANNUAL superannuation statements are hitting mailboxes. Instead of skipping to the closing total and filing it away take our super statement road test to see how your retirement savings are really travelling.

FPA offers to ‘give’ FPEC to the profession in a bid to raise education standards

Sep 15, 2014

Tags: Education, Employees, Employers, Financial Planning, SMSF

The Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA) has offered to step back from the Financial Planning Education Council (FPEC) to give the council a chance to be recognised as the peak education standard-setting body for the whole financial planning industry.

CBA lifts planners’ education standards

Jul 19, 2014

Tags: Financial Planning, SMSF, Super

The Commonwealth Bank has moved to tighten up the education standards of its financial planners, in a pre-emptive move to get changes in place ahead of likely formal obligations down the track.

5 key steps to soup up your super

Jul 07, 2014

Tags: Pensions, Retirement, SMSF, Super

BUMPER returns on retirement savings have delivered double-digit growth for fund members but making slight tweaks to accounts can also help add thousands of dollars to your balance.

SMSFs reject super cap plan

Jul 05, 2014

Tags: Chartered Accountant, Pensions, Retirement, SMSF, Super

SELF-MANAGED super funds have slammed proposals to cap the amount wealthy investors can accumulate in the tax-advantaged funds at $2.5 million.
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