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In my last article I discussed the role of the financial planner and how the Financial Services Reform Bill (FSRB) does not equate advice with financial planning....

Financial planning

The debate over fees and commissions is as old as financial planning itself. Tom Collins asks whether we are arguing over definitions....

Financial planning

The debate over fees and commissions is as old as financial planning itself. Tom Collins asks whether we are arguing over definitions....

Financial planning

Financial planners are being encouraged to offer advice to large numbers of first time shareholders involved in the share buyback scheme currently underway with the NRMA....

Financial planning

Financial planners on the look out for new opportunities might do well to target women approaching retirement....

Financial planning

The Financial Planning Association (FPA) and the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) are at odds following the release of a parliamentary report on the Financial Serv...

Financial planning

Yes they should. Well if you look at any other profession not all GPs are surgeons and essentially an account may not have the exposure to investments, just because you c...

Financial planning

Your average person is usually at great pains to avoid admitting their mistakes, especially when it comes to the future of financial planning. But then again, Tom Collins...

Financial planning

AMP Financial Planning has taken GIO Fund Managers into its embrace to make Australia’s largest financial planning group even bigger....

Financial planning

Is financial planning for most advisers an academic exercise? ...

Financial planning

Is financial planning for most advisers an academic exercise? ...

Financial planning

Table: Snapshot of the way they were: KPMG Financial Services: Believed to be the largest player with $520 million of funds under advice, 16 advisers and about 1,000 clie...

Financial planning

Members seeking advice about their superannuation are driving industry funds to form their own financial planning arms....

Financial planning

Should financial planners advise on direct shares?...

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