FINANCIAL PLANNING

Superannuation

ASIC wants investors to be better informed before establishing SMSFs but denies it will pursue prescriptive new disclosure requirements....

Financial planning

A financial planner is urging women to plan for their own financial future rather than rely on their partners....

Funds management

ASIC has signalled a crackdown on unlicensed property spruikers who advocate self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) investment without the proper authority...

Financial planning

Money Management and Super Review reveal a shortlist for their inaugural Women in Financial Services Awards....

People & Products

Madison Financial Group has appointed former Infocus Wealth Management head of business development/practice management Giulio Russo as general manager....

Financial planning

Advisers should be fine-tuning their social media strategy to introduce their offerings to new prospective clients and answer basic questions, a financial planner believe...

Financial planning

FPA canvasses two-way working relationship between professional bodies such as itself and ASIC....

Funds management

AMP seeks to raise $200 million on ASX to optimise its balance sheet....

Policy & Regulation

The Institute of Public Accountants warns the ATO must get its technology right before moving to ‘push’ tax returns....

Financial planning

A new analysis suggests the push by the major banks into planning and life insurance is not yet paying the dividends they hoped for. ...

Editorial

Does ASIC really only act when complaints about particular schemes or issues “reach tsunami level”? ...

Financial planning

Sam Hills outlines what should be on a financial planner’s regulatory radar – and it’s not just the usual suspects....

Funds management

Uncertainty around fixed interest assets and interest rates has kept planners from moving back into the asset class. ...

Financial planning

The need to build a growing and sustainable business has emerged as a key concern for financial planners who attended the Financial Planning Association’s professionals c...

Financial planning

Planning profession needs to break with past and move from conflicts of interest....

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