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Financial planning
With ASIC delaying its work on a financial planner training framework, progress on raising the bar on education seems to be stuck in limbo, writes Tim Stewart....
Financial planning
AMP-owned dealer group ipac is is looking to further tap into the accumulator client segment by building advice capabilities to support this market. ...
Editorial
While significant progress has been made in achieving gender equality within the financial services industry, Milana Pokrajac and Bela Moore find there is still a long wa...
Editorial
International experts have warned home bias could prove detrimental to Aussie investors, reports Janine Mace....
Editorial
With term deposit rates falling and bond yields at historic lows, investors are finally ready to listen. Janine Mace reports things are looking good for the Australian eq...
People & Products
AMP has appointed SMSF Professionals’ Association of Australian (SPAA) technical director Peter Burgess as head of policy and technical across the institution’s SMSF divi...
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...
Funds management
The retail funds management sector grew by 14.7 per cent to $471.7 billion in 2012, according to Plan for Life....
Financial planning
Will the renewed optimism in the financial services industry bring on more jobs and higher salaries? What can financial planners hope for in terms of career opportunities...
Financial planning
Financial advisers practising within managed discretionary account (MDA) arrangements may seek the stability of a larger, more established MDA operator in order to meet A...
People & Products
Macquarie Group (Melbourne) executive chairman Simon McKeon has joined the AMP board as non-executive director....
Life/Risk
The life insurance sector has grown by around $200 million in the last quarter of 2012....
Superannuation
Concern that SMSF trustees do not have sufficient knowledge to diversify their portfolios....
Life/Risk
It has been a decade since the risk industry embraced phone and online underwriting. But has this technology delivered on its promise? Chris Kirby writes....
Life/Risk
A group of financial advisers has taken to social media to raise concerns that insurance comparison website Choosi is misrepresenting its services to clients and leading ...
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It's not licensees not putting them on, it's small businesses (that are licensed) that cannot afford to put them on. The...