FINANCIAL ADVISERS

Financial planning

Eight-five per cent of financial planning practices do not formally ask their clients for feedback, according to Business Health director Terry Bell....

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Financial planning

CommInsure has launched a new product which it claims will allow financial advisers the ability to offer clients quotes on CommInsure life insurance products anytime, any...

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Financial planning

Financial advisers practising within managed discretionary account (MDA) arrangements may seek the stability of a larger, more established MDA operator in order to meet A...

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Financial planning

For clients to be fully engaged with their financial affairs they must have enough knowledge to understand what’s happening and why, says business mentor Dean Lombardo....

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Financial planning

Affinia’s Craig Parker discusses how customer centricity is emerging as the new practice business model. ...

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Financial planning

Financial advisers can add value to their clients’ and their own businesses by capitalising on doing the things humans do best – and automating or eliminating the rest, s...

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Financial planning

ASIC has imposed additional conditions on Lionsgate Financial Group’s licence after conducting a surveillance of its advice business....

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Financial planning

Australian investors expect the All Ordinaries index to return 8 per cent over the next 12 months, according to an Investment Trends Survey. ...

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People & Products

The Association of Financial Advisers has made a number of changes to its board following chief executive Brad Fox’s decision to resign as treasurer....

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Financial planning

The FPA remains a strong supporter of a complete ASIC-approved code of conduct, while the AFA claims an “opt-in specific” code would provide more freedom to financial pla...

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Financial planning

Kathryn Wardrobe outlines the steps for preparing your fee disclosure statement (FDS)....

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Financial planning

AFA survey reveals most believe accountants should be held to FOFA standard rather than APES 230....

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People & Products

Zurich Financial Services has bolstered its life and investments team with two strategic appointments....

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Life/Risk

We can buy everything online – clothes, shoes, cars, holidays – so it is only natural that the direct life insurance channel is becoming part of the online tsunami. How t...

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Financial planning

The introduction of the Significant Investor visa gives advisers the opportunity to provide compliance and investment advice to business immigrants, as Macquarie Adviser ...

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