FINANCIAL ADVISERS

Financial planning

As part of a recent push into the financial advice space, ING Direct has rolled out a new website aimed at providing its adviser network with online access to client reco...

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Superannuation

MLC has experienced a rise in clients accessing superannuation online, particularly among baby boomers. ...

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Financial planning

The average financial planning practice has a lot of room for improvement in major areas such as client communication and succession planning, according to data from fina...

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Editorial

From his conversations with financial advisers, TAL Limited’s Jim Minto has identified three game-changing topics....

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Superannuation

Superannuation is usually the biggest talking point for most advisers during tax season. Concessional contribution caps will certainly be top of mind this year given the ...

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Editorial

If the financial planning industry has learnt one lesson from the FOFA process, it is the vital importance of political activism, writes Mike Taylor....

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Financial planning

Future2 seeks financial planner support in identifying organisations to benefit from grants....

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Financial planning

Level of interest sees AFA/FSC upgrade to a larger venue for their Future of Financial Advice forum....

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Financial planning

Although clients’ tax issues are the main focus for financial advisers at this time of year, as business owners and employers they also need to ensure enough time is set ...

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Policy & Regulation

A surprisingly large response to a combined Association of Financial Advisers and Financial Services Council forum on the Future of Financial Advice changes indicates fin...

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Financial planning

Life insurance and annuities have become far bigger parts of the revenue model for financial planners, according to the latest data compiled by Wealth Insights....

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Financial planning

As the industry moves towards a fee-for-service model, financial advisers need to better understand their service costs per client and adopt scaled advice solutions to se...

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Financial planning

Colonial First State's FirstChoice platform has reached a milestone, achieving $50 billion in funds under administration....

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Policy & Regulation

The Association of Financial Advisers tells its members it is time to move on with the new post-FOFA environment despite being wedged by the Govt and Industry Super Netwo...

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Editorial

With term deposit rates still on a relative high and the annuities which help fund investors’ years in retirement, why should one bother with fixed interest? Tim Wong ans...

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