FINANCIAL ADVISERS

Financial planning

New research has revealed changing client attitudes towards wealth management, with advisers needing to become financial therapists rather than asset allocators....

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Financial planning

The Government is proposing to extend the amount of time existing advisers will need to reach degree-equivalent status and to pass the new exam requirement....

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Financial planning

Limited financial advisers should not need to complete a full financial planning bachelor degree, Mentor Education believes....

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Financial planning

Planners employed by superannuation funds are almost twice as likely to believe they should earn more than $300,000 a year than others in the industry....

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Financial planning

There is high demand for the features that annuities offer but retirees lacked understanding of annuities, suggesting a need for financial advisers to educate them using ...

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Financial planning

Robo-advice is continuing to make inroads but the demand for good face to face advice in Australia is still largely unmet....

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Financial planning

Financial advisers will need to up their information security game as sophistication and stealthy nature of information attacks have increased, according to Midwinter....

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Financial planning

Reforms to education for advisers should include pathways for existing advisers, and risk advisers with decades of experience should not have to re-train....

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Financial planning

The key financial services groups are unified in their view that existing planners will need more than a two-year transition to become degree qualified....

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Superannuation

A panel of financial advisers pushed for more education and big hit policy responses that could have immediate effects for women who were behind on superannuation....

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Financial planning

TAL has launched a risk office hub for its advisers, which allows them to access meeting rooms in five capital cities....

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Funds management

Two former IPAC advisers have been recruited by Fitzpatricks Private Wealth, boosting its Victorian presence....

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Financial planning

Two financial advisers have joined Fitzpatricks Private Wealth, citing their interest for self-employment and like-minded advisers....

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Financial planning

Just under two-thirds of risk advisers consider themselves prepared for next year’s Life Insurance Framework changes....

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Financial planning

The majority of financial advisers support the push for higher education standards, Kaplan Professional believes....

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