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Financial planning

Client loyalty towards advisers will decline in the coming decades, with social media and ‘likes’ set to become the new way of advertising....

Life/Risk

The March quarter saw an $80 billion rise in property assets and such large allocations to the asset could expose households to higher interest rates and sudden falls in ...

Financial planning

Advised retail policies have found to be cheaper than their direct policy counterparts across genders and different ages, research revealed....

Financial planning

Former director of BD & WJ Hassell, Barry David Hassell, has been convicted of 39 charges of dishonest conduct and sentenced to 12 months imprisonment....

Financial planning

Infocus Wealth Management has partnered with TWUSUPER to provide financial advice services to its members....

Tools & guides

Col Fullagar explores a risk insurance advice court case to argue that financial advisers must “up the ante” in client services before judgements form precedent. ...

Financial planning

Financial advice in Australia is held back by regulation focused on selling and letter of the law compliance that ignores the client according to an industry veteran....

Editorial

A clear agenda is being prosecuted aimed at forcing the Government to hold a Royal Commission into the Financial Planning industry but do those pursuing the issue have cl...

Financial planning

Financial planners are being encouraged to show their worth, with new research showing Australia’s 4430,500 millionaires are willing to up their spending on advice....

Financial planning

The bad news regarding planners will be forgotten with falling numbers indicative of cultural change according to AFA national president Deborah Kent....

Financial planning

Financial services organisations should work together to improve planner standards and consumer confidence, according to Finsia....

Financial planning

Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand are urging the Government to simplify the arrangements around the tax deductibility of advice fees....

Financial planning

A quarter of the generation Y group prefer going to friends and family for financial advice than professionals. ...

Financial planning

Assistant Treasurer, Josh Frydenberg has outlined the Government’s agenda for planning including the possibility of a national exam and co-regulation....

Financial planning

AMP has posted a solid result for 2014, with underlying profit up 23 per cent year on year, largely driven by growth in its wealth management business. ...

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

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The RBA has handed down its much-anticipated rate decision, following widespread expectations of a close call....

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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...

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

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