FINANCIAL PLANNERS

Superannuation

There has been a lot of talk about how financial planners can exploit the opportunities opening up in the changing world of superannuation. NSP Buck is one group actually...

Financial planning

One of the great financial services debates of this decade has been whether financial planning is a profession. ...

Superannuation

The retirement income streams industry is blooming. The value of its funds under management has soared over the past five years and its future looks just as bright as mor...

Financial planning

Australian financial planning groups have been allocated 64 million shares, or 3 per cent of the shares available, in the Telstra 2 offer....

Financial planning

As part of a drive to turn itself into a "multi-financial service" provider, JB Were, Australia's largest retail stockbroking house, will launch a new financial planning ...

Financial planning

“This issue is a huge sleeper and it makes John Laws look like a bloody Franciscan monk.”...

Financial planning

Three years ago, it was a small blip on the financial planning radar screen. Today, Professional Investment Services is a powerhouse of financial planning and has plans t...

Financial planning

On average, Australian women are outlasting their men by five years, creating an interesting and growing niche market. ...

Financial planning

Migrants can be an affluent market for financial planners, but, it seems, also a difficult one which requires much patience and hard work before it pays off. ...

Financial planning

While some financial planners are already capturing younger customers, many more are overlooking a market that is poised to become a major force to be reckoned with. Loui...

Financial planning

Independent financial planners have had it too good for too long and their success has not gone unnoticed. While most are yet to feel the pinch, cashed-up challengers are...

Financial planning

Merrill Lynch Mercury Asset Management hopes to attract $50 million per fund in the medium term for its “Professional Investor” suite of mezzanine priced funds....

Financial planning

A Western Australia vineyard project that was sold heavily through financial planners has gone into administration....

Financial planning

Financial planners with clients seeking to capitalise on the growth in the tech-nology sector can now take advantage of the recently launched Technology Invest-ment Fund....

Financial planning

With branding increasingly becoming a hot issue in the financial planning industry, it is it possible to sell advice in the same way as a McDonald’s hamburger or a bottle...

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MARKET INSIGHTS

So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

4 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 ...

4 months 2 weeks ago

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

6 months 2 weeks ago

Commonwealth Bank has formally dropped to zero advisers following LGT Crestone’s acquisition of its advice arm – some six years on from the Hayne royal commission. ...

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ASIC has cancelled the AFSL of an advice firm associated with Shield and First Guardian collapses, and permanently banned its responsible manager. ...

3 days 17 hours ago

ASIC has banned a former NSW adviser from providing advice for 10 years for investing at least $14.8 million into a cryptocurrency-based scam. ...

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