FINANCIAL PLANNERS

Financial planning

Putting together binding financial agreements (BFA) for couples is an untapped area for financial planners, according to Peters McKeown director Tricia Peters....

Financial planning

Australia is ahead of many developed markets when it comes to the education of its financial planners, according to CFA Institute managing director, Asia Pacific, Paul Sm...

Financial planning

The Financial Planning Education Council has launched its approved national Accreditation and Curriculum Framework for financial planning university degrees....

Funds management

Financial planners are ditching direct equities for managed funds, according to Zenith head of sales and marketing John Nicoll....

Financial planning

The long-anticipated rise in revenue coming from the self-managed super fund (SMSF) client base is not happening just yet for financial planners, according to new researc...

Financial planning

Shadow shops are comparable to taking a car off a production line and asking a panel how well it will drive, according to head of Lifeplan Funds Management Matt Walsh....

Editorial

While the Opposition Spokesman on Financial Services, Senator Mathias Cormann, has signalled an intention to roll back elements of FOFA and Stronger Super, financial plan...

Financial planning

While a number of companies rooted in mortgage broking have expanded into financial planning, it is an area of cultural, regulatory and legal challenges....

Financial planning

Infocus Wealth Management founding director Darren Steinhardt yesterday stepped down from his role as managing director of the group, with Rod Bristow assuming the role o...

Financial planning

AFA signals it will be working to align its Principles of Practice with the outline contained in ASIC consultation paper....

Financial planning

Five financial planners have been selected as finalists for the Money Management Financial Planner of the Year 2012 award....

Financial planning

With major legislative change set to occur, the role software, technology and new media are playing in financial planning today is unprecedented....

Financial planning

AMP's Steve Helmich explains what it means to be a professional financial planner and the value of professionalism for planners and their clients....

Financial planning

Paraplanners usually provide the technical investment knowledge in boutique practices and tend to construct plans from "start to finish", according to Hays banking direct...

Editorial

The trouble with APES 230 is that it goes much further than FOFA, with a prohibition on commissions and the elimination of asset-based fee arrangements....

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