FINANCIAL PLANNERS
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In mid August, the Treasurer released a consultative paper on the application of the GST to financial services. Funds managers, life and general insurers, trustees of sup...
Financial planning
Director of syndicated property group Waltus Investments, Shayne Hodge, has hit back angrily at recent criticism of its performance....
Financial planning
There is a growing recognition of the role of financial planners as lifestyle planners or strategists in helping clients achieve their lifetime goals, rather than simply ...
Financial planning
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Financial planning
“How deeply entrenched are soft dollar commissions in the financial services industry?”...
Financial planning
US financial planners are locked in battle with the Certified Financial Planning (CFP) board of standards over changes to the CFP designation....
Life/Risk
Since their earliest days, life insurance companies have been some-thing of a mysterious black box to analysts, advisers and the public. The mystery of the life insuranc...
Financial planning
Since its launch in 1992, the Certified Financial Planner (CFP) designation has been setting the standard in professional and educational requirements for the financial p...
Financial planning
The term "bland awarenes" is an old marketing adage used to describe the sensation of boredom faced by consumers constantly bombarded by marketing messages which are oste...
Financial planning
Macquarie Investment Management (MIM) is looking to beef up Austra-lia's largest retail fund in the wake of stiff competition in the marketplace....
Financial planning
There is a revolution happening in retail financial services. Five years ago, the market was bursting at the seams with bundles of new retail investment products for fin...
Financial planning
The implementation of a wider GST on financial services poses a serious threat to financial planners, according to industry figures....
Financial planning
Legal skills are not the monopoly of lawyers. They can, and should, be developed by financial planners if they wish to stand alongside other professionals such as lawyers...
Financial planning
Financial planners who have UK migrants on their books have been warned to take special care with their advice or face potential liti-gation in the future....
Financial planning
With the Telstra II share offer just around the corner, it is worth contemplating the uneasy relationship between share trading and financial planning....
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The succession dilemma is more than just a matter of commitments.This isn’t simply about younger vs. older advisers. It’...
Significant ethical issues there. If a relationship is in the process of breaking down then both parties are likely to b...
It's not licensees not putting them on, it's small businesses (that are licensed) that cannot afford to put them on. The...