FINANCIAL PLANNERS

Financial planning

It’s time to put the vexed question of financial advice and vertical integration into perspective, writes David O’Reilly....

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Superannuation

Different needs and spending habits mean women may need between $12,000 to $20,000 more than men in retirement....

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Financial planning

Is scaled advice a game only the big guys can play? Malavika Santhebennur explores some of the things that might be stopping smaller financial planning practices from pro...

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Financial planning

The Commonwealth Bank is calling for the introduction of a financial planner passport scheme, similar to the one operating in the United States. ...

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Financial planning

Fiducian Portfolio Services Limited has developed a new software solution intended to allow planners to compile fee disclosure statements. ...

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Financial planning

New report shows financial planners are allocating more new client investments to international assets than at any time since the global financial crisis. ...

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Financial planning

New research shows financial planners’ return expectations are up for the first time in four years, reflecting an increase in investor sentiment....

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Financial planning

The need to build a growing and sustainable business has emerged as a key concern for financial planners who attended the Financial Planning Association’s professionals c...

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Financial planning

Grandfathering has the potential to split the ranks of financial planners into two camps. ...

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Financial planning

Financial advisers are often frustrated with lack of return on investment on their social media effort, according to head of i-Impact Group Claudio Pannunzio....

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Editorial

Mike Taylor writes that the FPA’s referral arrangement with big industry fund Cbus represents yet another indicator that, having lost the war prosecuted by the industry f...

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Financial planning

The number of planners using risk software continues to rise, according to a 2013 Investment Trends report....

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Financial planning

Specialist broker claims merged planning/accounting firms represent better value....

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Superannuation

New research confirms that those migrating from retail master trusts and industry super funds to SMSFs are motivated by returns and fees....

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Editorial

There are suggestions that ASIC may have concerns about “transition” and “retention” payments made to financial planning principals, and as Mike Taylor reports, perceptio...

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

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