FINANCIAL PLANNING

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Despite moving away from funds management and returning to its risk-based roots, Tower Australia is forging ahead in forming its newly created asset management group, app...

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Professional Investment Services (PIS) has struck a deal with St George to offer banking services through the dealer group’s financial planning offices....

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The Federal Government has postponed changes to the rules for allocated and complying pensions, presenting a small window of opportunity for clients, says Graeme Colley....

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Small to medium financial advisory practices should approach business planning from another angle, says Chris Dionne....

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Macquarie Adviser Services has streamlined the senior reporting lines for its sales and marketing teams, elevating former head of adviser sales Jason Huddy and Macquarie ...

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IOOF has now fully bedded down a tiered support service offering to selected advisers – IOOF Premier Services (IPS) – following the launch of the initiative to planners b...

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Financial advisers have been criticised for failing to recommend client businesses, with calls for advisers to make the notion of referrals a two-way affair....

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Blind client trust and internal procedural failings within financial planning firms are the two over-riding factors allowing fraud to go unchecked, an anticipated report ...

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Advance Funds Management is seeking to enhance its market presence with the St George Bank-owned asset manager announcing a brand re-launch and plans to bolster relations...

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Investors who lost their nerve and switched from equities to cash back in March have missed out on an equity market spike, leaving them 20 per cent worse off....

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The Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) has released two model Product Disclosure Statements (PDS) to assist product issuers in developing disclosure doc...

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Advance Funds Management has appointed ex-ING manager employer super Sue Mieog as its new head of product, a move which forms part of its strategy to offer differentiated...

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Commonwealth Bank has formally dropped to zero advisers following LGT Crestone’s acquisition of its advice arm – some six years on from the Hayne royal commission. ...

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ASIC has issued a warning to financial advisers to ensure they are complying with client consent requirements when entering into ongoing fee arrangements....

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