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Financial planning

AFSL holders earn more than aligned practices

Dealer group-aligned financial planning practices earn slightly less per year than those with their own Australian Financial Services Licence (AFSL), according to a Macqu...

Financial planning

ASIC moves on credit licensing

ASIC has made its first move towards licensing consumer credit businesses as part of the transition to new national consumer credit laws, with over 500 financial planning...

Editorial

Crunching the recruitment numbers

Data from SEEK indicates the financial services and banking industry remains in the top 10 highest paid industries....

Financial planning

Advisers want platforms to lower costs: CoreData

Lower costs for consumers and efficient administration were the top two factors advisers would like their platform provider to improve....

Editorial

International markets - the state of play

With talk of interest rate rises shifting to the possibility of a rate cut, Dr Ron Bewley weighs up the outlook for asset classes in Australia and abroad....

Financial planning

MAp swaps airport assets with Canadian pension fund

MAp airports has reached an agreement with the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan Board (OTTP) to acquire OTTP's stake in Sydney airport and offload its interests in Brussels...

Financial planning

Strong correlation between AUD and gold prices

Although gold demand is currently at unprecedented levels, many investors do not realise that a historical relationship exists between the price of gold bullion and the A...

Superannuation

SMSF satisfaction levels still high

SMSF trustees are more satisfied with their lot than most super members, but mostly when returns are high....

Superannuation

Food and transport push up retirees' costs: ASFA

Retirees looking to lead a comfortable lifestyle will now need almost $700 extra per year....

Financial planning

Investor caution sees term deposits grow

Term deposits have grown by around $30 billion in the past 12 months, reflecting continuing investor caution....

Policy & Regulation

Clients will evaporate after FOFA, say planners

A significant number of financial planners believe the implementation of the Government's Future of Financial Advice (FOFA) changes will not only cost them money, but als...