[Smart Investing] Why the future of advice can start sooner than later; Performance struggle; Relationship breakdown

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16 March 2012   Why the future of advice can start sooner than later The financial planning industry gained some breathing space this week. The Minister for Financial Services and Superannuation, Bill Shorten, announced a soft start to the new Future of Financial Advice (FOFA) regulatory regime. It means that while the start date will be from July 1 this year compliance for the first 12 months will be voluntary. Read more » Performance struggle Many share investors adopt a core-satellite approach to investing in Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs). Such investors commonly hold the core of their share portfolios in low cost ETFs tracking broad sharemarket indices and then hold smaller "satellites" of selected direct shares and actively managed share funds. Read more » Relationship breakdown Few couples establishing a self-managed super fund probably give much thought to the possible consequences for their fund if the personal relationship later fails. A recent Federal Court judgment relates the difficulties facing an SMSF after the commercial and personal relationship of its two members ended. Read more »	QUICK LINKS   Volatility in markets Video | 07 Mar 2012 International equities investing Webinar | 06 Mar 2012 Inflation linked bonds Webinar | 21 Feb 2012   CONTACT US Email clientservices@vanguard.com.au Our office: Level 34, Freshwater Place 2 Southbank Boulevard Southbank VIC 3006 (map) Telephone: 1300 655 101, 8:00am - 6:00pm Monday to Friday, Melb time.   Vanguard ETF enquiries For more information on Vanguard ETFs please call 1300 655 888 Unsubscribe  |  Vanguard on Twitter
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