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The Coalition’s Paul Fletcher reaffirms a change in Government will see a change to key elements of FOFA....
Financial planning
FPA is set to launch the Financial Planning Week later this month, which will see members provide pro-bono advice to unadvised consumers....
Financial planning
Fairfax Media has decided to exit its financial services play, selling InvestSMART to Australasian Wealth Investments....
Financial planning
Grandfathering will remain under a Coalition Government unless the client decides otherwise....
Life/Risk
Zurich boss Colin Morgan says upfront commissions have an ongoing place in insurance advice....
Financial planning
Genesys Wealth Advisers has expanded it adviser numbers by 26 since May, adding four new practices to boost its adviser numbers to nearly 200. ...
Editorial
The Association of Financial Advisers was right to open talks with Treasury officials around the status of grandfathering when planners move between one licensee and anot...
Financial planning
Matrix promotes two staffers and outsources paraplanning...
Financial planning
Planner sentiment has taken a dive over the last three months and there is more than one reason for it, according to Wealth Insights....
Financial planning
Legacy products and commission payments associated with them will continue to be a factor in adviser remuneration, but that doesn’t mean the conflict will remain, accordi...
Financial planning
Industry body Boutique Financial Planners has called for clear disclosure of licensee ownership after Roy Morgan research revealed a large percentage of consumers were no...
Financial planning
ASIC claims it had concerns about the quality of financial advice being delivered in Australia before the collapse of Storm and the Commonwealth FP enforceable undertakin...
Editorial
While Rice Warner riled the financial planning industry with its latest research work on behalf of Industry Super Network, history will be the judge of the validity of it...
Financial planning
Law firm ILH Group has announced it will expand into the wealth management space by acquiring a financial planning business....
Financial planning
Industry Super Network chief executive David Whiteley will find himself pitted against some of the financial planning industry's key executives at a Money Management/Asso...
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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...