Features

Technology change is now driving the life insurance market in significant ways and applying for life insurance is easier than ever for advisers and their customers....

Editorial

Why financial advice models have to change

Traditional financial advice models that service higher-net-worth clients don't work for average Australians and a paradigm shift is needed in the industry....

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ASIC comes out of the shadows

So the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) intends to conduct another financial planning shadow shopping exercise some time after June 30, this year –...

Editorial

Year end tax strategies - The value of sound investment

A good investment strategy beats a tax effective band aid, argues Rick Di Cristoforo....

Editorial

Industry factoring in risk of loss of tax-free super withdrawals

Industry players have begun voicing their concern about the increasing possibility of a removal of tax-free withdrawals from superannuation in light of the global financi...

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Preventive medicine: protecting client portfolios from market crashes

The financial services industry largely failed to protect its clients through the market decline. A focus on robust market valuation and a willingness to adjust portfolio...

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Challenging the myths surrounding default superannuation funds

Several myths have recently been propagated in relation to default superannuation funds and these demand a response, writes the Minister for Superannuation, Senator Nick ...

Editorial

Sound and fury signifying nothing

The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has not made a good start to 2009....

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Mariner loss of $44.8 million in half-year results

Mariner Financial has signalled it will reduce head count by 10 per cent and continue asset sales to raise funds to continue paying off debt...

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Regulatory Storm on its way

IT now transpires that the Australian Securities and Investments Commission did receive four complaints relating to Storm Financial in the period 2006 to 2007. Trouble is...

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Your reputation is a valuable asset

OVER the past several years the Financial Planning Association (FPA) has, on its members’ behalf, run a substantial promotional campaign on the ‘value of advice’. This ha...

Editorial

Fiducian announces half-year profit

Dealer group Fiducian has reported a profit and improved dividend for the half year to December 2008, despite a 21 per cent fall in operating revenue and a market downtur...