FINANCIAL ADVISERS

Financial planning

Financial planning licensees need to take a close look at their Approved Product Lists (APLs) to ensure they are sufficiently broad, according to Minter Ellison partner R...

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Financial planning

Following its launch last year, broking and advisory firm Octa Phillip Financial Group has been rebranded as PhillipCapital in line with the commencement of its parent co...

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Financial planning

Engaging inactive clients will be one of the biggest challenges facing financial advisers in the post-FOFA world, according to executive general manager of advice and mar...

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Financial planning

Mergers and acquisitions in the financial services sector declined by 63.7 per cent from 2011 to 2012....

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Financial planning

RI Advice will voluntarily include commissions in its fee disclosure statements, according to the licensee's head of practice development Peter Ornsby....

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Financial planning

Social media may help to build strong professional relationships - but it is crucial for financial advisers to have in place an online strategy to avoid overstepping pers...

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Superannuation

Law firm warns advisers and trustees against seeking to use related party loans to overcome contribution cap limits....

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Financial planning

We know what challenges lie ahead, but how will financial advisers handle them? Zurich's Philip Kewin sets out to gauge their readiness....

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Policy & Regulation

From 1 July this year, planners will have to divide their client base into pre-FOFA and post-FOFA clients, according to Madison Financial Group head of compliance Cheyenn...

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Financial planning

Excess cash holdings held by planners have grown substantially as investors continue to shy away from volatile markets, according to Investment Trends....

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Life/Risk

Challenger may be driving a comeback in lifetime annuity products, says Plan For Life Actuaries and Researchers after reviewing 12 months of its sales to September 2012....

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Life/Risk

Pricing structures for the risk insurance market will continue to converge over the next 15 years, according to Rice Warner Actuaries Risk Insurance Market Projections Re...

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Financial planning

The new guidance on best interests duty implies asset-based fees are just as conflicted as commissions, according to Claire Wivell Plater....

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Financial planning

FPA chief executive Mark Rantall counters Federal Opposition doubts by arguing there is a genuine need to enshrine the term 'financial planner/adviser' in law....

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Editorial

2012 will stand as a watershed year for the Australian financial planning industry – the year during which the various elements of the Future of Financial Advice (FOFA) l...

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