FINANCIAL ADVISERS
Life/Risk
The crisis in professional indemnity insurance which has engulfed many professions in recent weeks has hit home for financial planners, with at least two more groups refu...
Financial planning
Last year the industry was abuzz with discussion centred around a paper called Hypercompetition. Now, as JASON SPITS writes, a follow-up report has been released and the ...
Financial planning
Norwich Union Life has experienced an increase in demand from financial advisers and their clients to add critical illness reinstatement policies to their life products a...
Financial planning
MOST INVESTOR’S place money in managed funds on the recommendation of financial advisers, a new survey has found....
Financial planning
Australia’s largest dealer group is preparing to link practice management directly to financial rewards. GEORGE LIONDIS reports on what could be a revolution in adviser r...
Financial planning
Van Eyk Research has won the mandate to become the investment and asset consultant to the Strategy Portfolio group’s new suite of investment portfolios, which form part o...
Financial planning
The Macquarie Bank is preparing to take on the Australian Tax Office (ATO) in court in a bid to reverse the tax office’s decision to disallow tax deductions for so-called...
Financial planning
AMP’s wholly owned external financial planning dealer group, Hillross Financial, has today launched an ambitious recruitment drive in an effort to double the number of it...
Financial planning
The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has passed a special resolution to recognise the contribution made by non-financial planners to the association....
Financial planning
The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has forced the Adviser Ratings group into a back down over its plans to publish a ranking of financial planners....
Financial planning
The agribusiness industry has some serious hurdles to overcome if it is to become part of the mainstream of investments recommended by financial advisers in Australia....
Life/Risk
The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has threatened to take its case directly to the Government if it fails to broker a solution with the insurance industry over the ...
Financial planning
Listed financial services group Fiducian Portfolio Services has finalised an agreement with Challenger to launch complying annuities products to its network of financial ...
Financial planning
The agribusiness industry will continue to show all the hallmarks of an immature branch of the investment industry unless it aligns itself with Australian equities rather...
Financial planning
Some of the country’s most influential agribusiness researchers have united to call for a significant reduction in the commissions paid to financial advisers who recommen...
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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’...
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It's not licensees not putting them on, it's small businesses (that are licensed) that cannot afford to put them on. The...