FINANCIAL PLANNING

Editorial

While it may sound paradoxical, approaching financial planning like a friendship or relationship could be the key to improving professionalism, Nataliya Denisov writes. ...

Financial planning

The Findex acquisition of Crowe Horwath has hit headwinds with Barry Lambert claiming the bid does not offer sufficient value to shareholders....

Financial planning

Industry funds are as vertically integrated as anyone else and are guilty of hypocrisy when criticising such structures, according to Fiducian platform head, Patrick Jack...

Financial planning

Property giant Ray White has moved to distance itself from family-owned Wealth Market, stressing it will have no directional affiliation with the soon-to-be-launched vent...

Financial planning

Paradigm Wealth Management has almost doubled its funds under management to $350 million following its acquisition of Portfolio Managers....

Financial planning

Fiducian managing director, Indy Singh points to shape of company after forthcoming corporate restructure. ...

Financial planning

ASIC has the power to move to lift planner education standards, according to Finance Minister, Mathias Cormann....

Financial planning

Chan & Naylor flags SMSF loans flowing from new JV with Origin Finance to form Chan & Naylor Finance....

Financial planning

AMP chief executive, Craig Meller says self-interested parties are seeking to dumb down advice to just product selection....

Policy & Regulation

AMP chief exeuctive, Craig Meller says financial services reform has cost his company hundreds of millions of dollars and should be given time to work....

Life/Risk

New research suggests recent surges in group life premiums have ceded an advantage to individually advised products....

Editorial

Restoring confidence in the financial advice profession has become a catch cry for institutions recently, but the reality of the proposal is still a way off, Amelia Const...

Financial planning

New entrants should welcome change for the benefits it brings for clients...

Financial planning

Higher standards is the mantra but have planners dragged the chain on lifting them? ...

Financial planning

As the financial planning industry grapples with how to institute new professional and education standards, Jason Spits examines what mind-set and attitudes new entrants ...

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