FINANCIAL ADVISERS

Editorial

Mike Taylor writes that legally enshrining the term ‘financial planner/adviser’ is a necessary step towards creating a barrier to an industry being tarnished by spivs and...

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Financial planning

Estate planning is more than just writing a Will and certainly isn’t something that should be left until the last minute, writes Anna Hacker....

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Financial planning

Macquarie Financial Planning Software has launched a new online solution and upgraded its product set....

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Financial planning

Mathias Cormann, David Whiteley and John Brogden to debate MySuper implications in Sydney next week at a joint Money Management/Association of Financial Advisers thought ...

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Financial planning

Financial advisers will be able to better track key performance indicators as a result of new tools launched this week by Securitor....

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Financial planning

With one-stop-shop and non-aligned dealer group Yellow Brick Road recently announcing plans to recruit wealth professionals disenchanted with the institutional environmen...

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Life/Risk

The importance of life/risk sales to financial advisers' revenue streams has been underscored by the latest data released by research house DEXX&R....

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Financial planning

An updated code of conduct being developed by the big four banks and the Australian Bankers' Association should look to implementing a ban on conflicted remuneration, acc...

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Financial planning

Mortgage Choice Financial Planning has embarked on the 'soft launch' of the mortgage broker's planning business, opening the doors to two new franchises....

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Financial planning

Securitor advisers will now have access to business performance tracking tools as part of an initiative to strengthen practice valuations....

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Editorial

Financial advisers must be conscious of making their advice easy for clients to understand and knowing the difference between wants and needs, writes Mark Knight....

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Financial planning

Decimal's Jan Kolbusz says cloud technology could be the key to providing end-to-end, seamless financial advice....

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Superannuation

The new superannuation environment that will evolve out of the Government's MySuper changes will be debated at a special Money Management/Association of Financial Adviser...

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Funds management

HLB Mann Judd Melbourne will create a new wealth management division to be headed by financial adviser Andrew Lord....

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Financial planning

Elixir Consulting has begun marketing a new tool it says is aimed at helping advisers and their licensees confirm the sustainability of their businesses and any deficienc...

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MARKET INSIGHTS

So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

3 months 1 week ago

Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...

3 months 2 weeks ago

Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...

5 months 2 weeks ago

A financial advice firm has been penalised $11 million in the Federal Court for providing ‘cookie cutter advice’ to its clients and breaching conflicted remuneration rule...

3 weeks ago

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has confirmed who will succeed Stephen Jones to serve as the Assistant Treasurer and Financial Services Minister. ...

4 days ago

ASIC has permanently banned a former Perth adviser after he made “materially misleading” statements to induce investors. ...

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