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Financial planning

Unlocking the potential of one-off clients and transitioning them into ongoing advisory relationships start with reducing fee barriers, according to Adviser Ratings....

Financial planning

Financial advice practices with high profit margins charge annual client fees of $7,700 and keep their operational costs low, says Investment Trends’ Irene Guiamatsia....

Financial planning

Adviser Ratings has explored whether there is a financial benefit to advice firms seeking to have a specialised client base in terms of client assets and fees charged....

Financial planning

A financial advice firm valuer has shared the top five factors that make an attractive advice practice for buyers plus the five which can detract from the value of a busi...

Financial planning

Australian advisers are experiencing fewer difficulties when it comes to acquiring new assets or new clients, compared to global peers, with firms expecting to take on ei...

Financial planning

Netwealth research outlines how advisers can market their services to the Established Affluent, those wealthy older Australians representing $4.1 trillion in household we...

Features

In the second part of his look at client reviews, Astute Wheel’s Hans Egger outlines the steps which should be taken in the actual client review....

Features

In the first of a two-part series, Hans Egger explains what clients are wanting from their reviews in these difficult times....

Financial planning

New market analysis has confirmed that while many advisers are leaving the industry, those that remain are culling clients they regard as unprofitable or hard to service....

Tools & guides

There are subjective trends in the distinction between retail and wholesale clients, writes David Barrett, and it is important advisers get it right to avoid costly mista...

Financial planning

Given the unprecedented circumstances, financial advisers need to focus on explaining the situation to their clients in the calm manner and help them look beyond the shor...

Financial planning

People receiving financial advice are going to be better placed to deal with any move by a future Labor Government to remove refundable franking credits, according to the...

Financial planning

Commonwealth Bank chief executive, Matt Comyn has cited fee for no service as being one of the bank’s key shortcomings and claimed key executive personnel had failed to u...

Financial planning

The international financial advice community has for the first time benchmarked how financial advisers come to know their clients....

Financial planning

The Financial Planning Association has warned it will be financial planning clients who ultimately pay for the increased regulatory and other costs being imposed by the G...

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MARKET INSIGHTS

So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

4 months 3 weeks ago

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

5 months ago

Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...

7 months ago

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. ...

3 weeks 5 days ago

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...

1 week 2 days ago

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

2 weeks 5 days ago