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Australia’s biggest dealer group, AMP Financial Planning, has endorsed the Financial Planning Association’s principles on conflicts of interest by forming a taskforce to ...

Financial planning

Year-end tax planning is important for individuals and businesses at all levels. Apart from the traditional approach - that is deferring income and advancing deductions w...

Financial planning

Remuneration levels, reasonably priced professional indemnity insurance, good training facilities, product research and technical support are the five top criteria financ...

Funds management

Melbourne-based research house Lonsec has delivered an upbeat assessment of hybrid property products....

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Financial planning

Leading financial services industry figures involved in discussions regarding disclosure at the ASIC Summer School have agreed disclosure practices must be plainer and ea...

Financial planning

Agribusiness investment schemes have been gaining greater acceptance with financial planners in recent years. Money Management spoke to a number of advisers and dealer gr...

Financial planning

Australia is currently enjoying the best employment market in years with a low national unemployment rate. Job seekers in most markets have many choices and career option...

Financial planning

The longstanding legal dispute between Equity Trustees Limited and the vendors of the Wealthpac Master Fund has been resolved....

Financial planning

Australian Unity Investments has formed a joint venture with boutique manager Platypus Asset Management to offer Australian retail equity products....

Funds management

While 2004 was the year of the boutique, 2005 was, well, the year of the boutique....

Financial planning

The ATO has expressed concern at the continuing use of the term ‘do-it-yourself super’ when referring to self-managed superannuation arguing that it can conjure up inappr...

Financial planning

Post graduate degree qualified people will no longer be able to gain an exemption from four out of the five units that must be obtained to receive the Certified Financial...

Financial planning

Canberra has criticised ASIC for negative comments one of its senior executives made about financial planners at a public function....

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