FINANCIAL PLANNING

Financial planning

Financial planning broker firm Radar Results has been placed in liquidation as a result of an internal restructure....

Financial planning

AMP-owned dealer group ipac is is looking to further tap into the accumulator client segment by building advice capabilities to support this market. ...

Financial planning

An increasing number of financial planners want to take a more active role in estate planning for their clients. Here’s what they should do, writes Anna Hacker. ...

Editorial

There would have been many in the Australian accounting community who last week breathed a sigh of relief when they read the documents to be dealt with by the APESB at it...

Financial planning

Former CEO of Colonial First State Brian Bissaker will head up the newly acquired Virgin Money Australia, BOQ has announced....

Financial planning

Equity Trustees is planning to grow its internal and external distribution base and has recruited a new national manager of advice and personal services....

Financial planning

Centric Wealth has released the findings of its first advisory group meeting – and they provide a welcome news on fees for the industry, says chief executive Phil Kearns....

Financial planning

Industry commentators claim low-cost dealer groups could be an accident waiting to happen....

Financial planning

Financial advisers have echoed concerns by the Australian Lawyers Alliance that super tax changes will impact those who are catastrophically disabled, calling on the FPA ...

Funds management

A cautious approach to an improving yet still volatile market is causing a boom in beta-oriented and defensive investment products, according to Investment Trends....

Funds management

Bullish outlook for equities has sparked interest in tailored structured products, according to Instreet Investment Management managing director, George Lucas. ...

Funds management

ETF usage in model portfolios is exploding, with OneVue noticing that ETF investment on its unified managed account platform has more than tripled over the last nine mont...

Financial planning

Equity Trustees’ Anna Hacker warns of the consequences of appointing an executor without considering the consequences....

Superannuation

The financial services industry is calling for a bipartisan approach to the newly announced super changes, with many raising concerns about complexity. ...

Accounting

The APESB has agreed on the amended version of the controversial APES230 standard. ...

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