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Financial planning

Current Government inquiries into adviser remuneration should be broadened to include adviser inbuilt margins from badged platforms, according to Michael Heine, managing ...

Financial planning

Financial services firms, including dealer groups and advice firms, are switching from annual staff performance reviews to one every three or six months....

Financial planning

Software system requires little servicing, comes with automatic online upgrades....

Editorial

It is becoming increasingly obvious that irrespective of the initiatives flagged by the Financial Planning Association, the Australian financial services industry is goin...

Financial planning

Van Eyk Research was the most prominent gatekeeper of approved product lists for the top 20 dealer groups in Australia. While fund managers may not rate them as their pre...

Financial planning

Programs will bridge gap between technical expertise and client relationships....

Financial planning

The impact of the global downturn on revenue streams is driving advisers into alliances with dealer groups that offer an uncomplicated service and support offering, accor...

Financial planning

Many equity offerings to advisers by advice firms and dealer groups never materialise, according to Dennis Bashford, managing director of Brisbane-based dealer group Futu...

Financial planning

Wealth Insights find many financial planners are feeling increasingly despondent and let down by their dealer groups and the industry in general....

Financial planning

Industry conferences, while informative, do not dedicate the time required for balanced debates or interactive learning, according to Mercer principal Rashmi Mehrotra....

Financial planning

Advisers need to test their value proposition to ensure their clients are fully aware of what they are receiving....

Financial planning

A number of financial planning dealer groups are taking advantage of the economic downturn to boost their client numbers and revenue by offering redundancy packages to co...

Life/Risk

An Australian insurance broker believes dealer groups could reduce their insurance costs by using discretionary trusts to insure day-to-day claims....

Financial planning

The fallout from the financial crisis has hit platforms hard, with funds under administration and their bottom lines slumping dramatically. And as John Wilkinson reports,...

Financial planning

In the good times, revenue from platforms have been a strong source of income for dealer groups and advisers...

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