FINANCIAL PLANNING INDUSTRY

Financial planning

“This issue is a huge sleeper and it makes John Laws look like a bloody Franciscan monk.”...

Financial planning

With branding increasingly becoming a hot issue in the financial planning industry, it is it possible to sell advice in the same way as a McDonald’s hamburger or a bottle...

Financial planning

Lend Lease has snared top spot in the latest round of market share figures pub-lished by Assirt....

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

Superannuation group SMF Funds Management has taken over management of the $45 million NSW funds management arm of chartered accountants Pannell Kerr Forster (PKF)....

Superannuation

Support for a compulsory retirement savings system in New Zealand continues to gain ground according to the latest SaverPulse survey....

Financial planning

Our lead in this edition of Money Management paints a bleak picture for dealer groups looking to hang on to their top producers or boost-ing their planner numbers to meet...

Financial planning

The handing down of the recent Federal Budget revealed no real concerns for the financial services industry. In the words of one corporate commentator: "It is a bit of a ...

Financial planning

I read with interest Bill O'Sullivan & Debbie Thomson's letter to the editor (Money Management, May 27) and their experience in their dealing with both the FPA and the AS...

Financial planning

The advent of on-line share trading appears to have been a harsh wake up call for stockbrokers. Zilla Efrat examines whether the Internet poses a threat to, or an opportu...

Financial planning

Financial planners are in rising demand, says Recruitment Solutions executive director Greg Savage....

Financial planning

Direct share trading for financial planners has taken another leap forward with the ASX awarding the first Third Party Clearing (TPC) broker status to a Melbourne firm. A...

Financial planning

After reading the Under Siege article (<I>Money Management, April 1), </I>we were compelled to write and detail our dealings with both the Financial Planning Association...

Financial planning

News that Hartley Poynton has signed up the first two users for its new online share trading service – including AMP’s Hillross financial planning arm – is yet another ch...

Financial planning

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So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

4 months 3 weeks ago

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

5 months ago

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

7 months ago

Commonwealth Bank has formally dropped to zero advisers following LGT Crestone’s acquisition of its advice arm – some six years on from the Hayne royal commission. ...

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The FSCP has issued a written direction to an adviser who charged clients “extraordinary fees” for inappropriate and conflicted advice, as well as encouraged them to swit...

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ASIC has cancelled the AFSL of an advice firm associated with Shield and First Guardian collapses, and permanently banned its responsible manager. ...

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