FINANCIAL PLANNERS

Financial planning

Advisers need to test their value proposition to ensure their clients are fully aware of what they are receiving....

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Financial planning

Cameron Stockbrokers has outlined its plans to partner with financial planners to offer a service in the middle ground between direct equity ownership and the provision o...

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Financial planning

Seventy five roles made redundant in NSW, a further 38 nationally; news softened by the creation of 60 new positions....

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Financial planning

Financial planners are facing the increasing likelihood of restraint of trade provisions being imposed against them as their employers look to protect their client lists ...

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Editorial

In every crisis there is opportunity, and I would suggest there has never been a better time for financial planners to assess their practices. ...

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Financial planning

ANZ Banking Group has confirmed that it will be cutting its financial planning staff by 10 per cent, representing 58 roles in the face of declining demand for investment ...

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Financial planning

Specialist financial planning consultancy Class Leading Solutions (CLS) is set to enter strategic alliances with six product and research providers to the industry. ...

Financial planning

As generations X and Y become the majority of super asset holders, the financial services industry will have to change the way they operate and communicate with more tech...

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Financial planning

Advisers are now considering innovative marketing strategies such as online blogs and podcasts, but these initiatives can present challenges for some....

People & Products

Zurich continues to expand its Australian life risk business, naming a new head of life risk sales....

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Editorial

A mere six months ago, the common wisdom among financial planners was that most clients would be best advised not cashing out their investments lest they miss the inevita...

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Financial planning

In light of Storm Financial and the general market downturn, the industry faces key issues in relation to gearing, writes Dominic McCormick....

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Financial planning

Finding high quality, effective financial advice is often frustrating for high-net-worth investors, according to a new survey by researcher Investment Trends....

People & Products

Former corporate services manager at CMC Markets, Joseph Youssef, makes the move to Austock ....

Financial planning

Challenging economic environment fails to dampen demand for CFP program places, according to FPA....

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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

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

3 weeks 1 day ago

A financial advice firm has been penalised $11 million in the Federal Court for providing ‘cookie cutter advice’ to its clients and breaching conflicted remuneration rule...

2 weeks ago