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Financial planning

An increasing number of financial planners want to take a more active role in estate planning for their clients. Here’s what they should do, writes Anna Hacker. ...

Editorial

Australian financial planners have faced some of their most troubling years, but Vanguard’s Michael Lovett suggests a bright outlook is beginning to emerge – something wh...

People & Products

Australian Unity Personal Financial Serivces has recruited Ian McDermott as head of risk and compliance to assist the group with the final details of FOFA. ...

Financial planning

Despite reports to the contrary, OneVue has seen advisers flock back to platforms as regulatory changes force them to run their practices more efficiently....

Financial planning

With dealer groups across the industry struggling to retain planners, commentators are urging them to adopt the Net Promoter Score (NPS) system to get a better understand...

Financial planning

The FOFA and fee-for-service regimes are teaching planners how to chase bad debts....

Funds management

Australians who lost money investing in the now-collapsed LM First Mortgage Income Fund have limited opportunity to recoup losses due to bad advice, Slater & Gordon has w...

Superannuation

The major political parties have been warned that unnecessarily tinkering with super policy will carry with it significant risk of a negative reaction from those aged ove...

Financial planning

Powerwrap has acquired financial services firm MWH Capital in an effort to tap into the growing personal investment and broker markets....

Life/Risk

Synchron’s Don Trapnell calls for proof to justify ASIC’s concern on churn....

Financial planning

Affinia’s Craig Parker discusses how customer centricity is emerging as the new practice business model. ...

Financial planning

Planning firms need to get better at transitioning clients to a new adviser when the original adviser retires, says Equity Trustees head of private wealth Geoff Rimmer....

Financial planning

Risk advisers with old portfolios need to go through their client bases and dig out any investment income, according The Risk Store founder Sue Laing....

People & Products

As it continues its push for regional growth, Centric Wealth has appointed Bonnie Boezeman AO as director of urban growth New South Wales....

Financial planning

Guardian Advice has rolled out a new succession planning strategy which aims to help older advisers retire, while attracting the younger generation of planners to the dea...

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Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...

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The FSCP has issued a written direction to an adviser who charged clients “extraordinary fees” for inappropriate and conflicted advice, as well as encouraged them to swit...

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ASIC has cancelled the AFSL of an advice firm associated with Shield and First Guardian collapses, and permanently banned its responsible manager. ...

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