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Financial planning
Macquarie University has developed a postgraduate diploma and masters degrees in financial services law....
Financial planning
Macquarie University has developed a postgraduate diploma and masters degrees in financial services law....
Financial planning
In an episode of the cult television cartoon, The Simpsons, mother Marge buys into a pretzel cart franchise for $500....
Financial planning
The Financial Planners and Insurance Advisers Association (FPIA) needs to in-crease its membership to a least 1,600, if it is to become a truly effective, independent bod...
Financial planning
Awareness of the Internet is now widespread throughout the financial services industry as is the volume of information which comes with the new medium....
Superannuation
A legal technicality in the new SLAB3 legislation is threatening Australia’s 300,000+ self-managed superannuation funds (SMSF). The legislation, due to come into effect ...
Financial planning
A legal technicality in the new SLAB3 legislation is threatening Australia’s 300,000+ self-managed superannuation funds (SMSF). The legislation, due to come into effect ...
Financial planning
Despite the growing professionalism of the financial planning community, advisers are continuing to fall foul of the law. Samantha Walker investigates the fall from grace...
Financial planning
Most dealers make every effort to comply with both the spirit and the requirements of the law. The smartest ones seek to use their compliance behaviour as a competitive a...
Financial planning
Advisers being swamped by more and more paper work may want to take a look at the systems used by the Hillross advisers to claw back more time in front of clients. Samant...
Financial planning
Now that the dust has settled on ASIC’s long awaited master trust and wraps pol-icy, most in the industry are enthusiastic about its implementation....
Financial planning
Question: Do you advise on self managed superannuation funds? ...
Financial planning
There is little doubt that ASIC’s decision to remove one of the last hurdles for fully fledged electronic prospectuses is good news for fund managers....
Financial planning
Ian Showman has vacated his post as managing director of Godfrey Pembroke to take up a new post within the Lend Lease group as chief executive of its new outsourcing serv...
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The succession dilemma is more than just a matter of commitments.This isn’t simply about younger vs. older advisers. It’...
Significant ethical issues there. If a relationship is in the process of breaking down then both parties are likely to b...
It's not licensees not putting them on, it's small businesses (that are licensed) that cannot afford to put them on. The...