FINANCIAL PLANNERS

Editorial

Today there are few willing to defend commission payments, writes George Lucas. But are commissions the root cause of all that is wrong with the financial planning indust...

Financial planning

FPA warns the Government of a double regulatory burden on planning firms as a result of the new National Consumer Credit Protection legislation....

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Financial planning

An education savings plan is often a good advice proposition advisers can utilise to attract younger clients, according to new LifePlan head Matt Walsh....

Financial planning

BENJAMIN LEVY reports on the growing use of reverse mortgages to shore up diminishing client wealth....

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Editorial

Reverse mortgage products are attracting a new breed of strategic senior borrowers who are proving the industry’s naysayers wrong, argues MARTIN LYNCH....

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Financial planning

Ripoll inquiry urged to stop the commissions rivers of gold and impose a fiduciary duty on planners....

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Financial planning

AMP Financial Planning has appointed Chant West as its preferred provider for superannuation research for its financial planners and research team....

Financial planning

Employment demand for financial planners increased in the last quarter for the first time since the start of the global financial crisis, according to recruitment special...

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Financial planning

The PJC on Corporations and Financial Services is gauging the industry's reaction to the possible implementation of a two-tier advice system of independent and affiliated...

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Financial planning

Austrac has commenced a program of random on-site inspections of financial planners for compliance with anti-money laundering laws....

Financial planning

Satisfaction with financial planner's super advice below market average....

Financial planning

Investors should not be afraid to use options in conservative income-seeking strategies, according to Zurich....

Financial planning

A submission by Treasury to the Ripoll inquiry has pointed to the contraction that would occur in the financial advice market if certain fees and commissions were banned,...

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Financial planning

Businesses such as iRefund thrive when consumers feel they are not getting value for the commissions paid to financial planners....

Financial planning

FPA calls for a more informed debate on the merits of selecting different superannuation funds....

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MARKET INSIGHTS

So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

3 months ago

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

3 months 1 week ago

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

5 months 1 week ago

ASIC has suspended the Australian Financial Services Licence of a Melbourne-based financial advice firm....

3 weeks 3 days ago

The corporate regulator has issued infringement notices to three AFSLs whose financial advisers provided personal advice to a retail client while unregistered....

4 weeks 1 day ago

A former Victorian financial adviser has been sentenced after stealing $4.4 million from clients, family and friends to feed his “raging gambling addiction”....

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