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FINANCIAL PLANNING

Policy & Regulation

The Federal Treasury has admitted it has not done a complex international comparison of the Government's proposed Future of Financial Advice (FOFA) changes and experience...

Editorial

A recent study has shown that advisers see their client relationship as the primary foundation of their value proposition. Fiona Mackenzie describes the importance of a ...

Financial planning

The Financial Planning Association has criticised CHOICE’s partnership with the Big Bank Switch campaign, calling it hypocritical....

Superannuation

Super funds providing scaled advice to their members may soon be required to play by the same rules as the rest of the financial planning sector, as the corporate regulat...

Top 100

As dealer groups prepare for the new regulatory environment, Benjamin Levy explains the story behind the results of the Top 100 Dealer Groups Survey....

Financial planning

With increased volatility, there have been many changes in the dealer group space, both in terms of adviser numbers and funds under advice. Angela Welsh reports on events...

Financial planning

Research used by the Industry Super Network (ISN) to support its advocacy of opt-in requirements has been panned by sections of the financial planning industry....

Editorial

This month, PortfolioConstruction Forum asked the research houses: What, in your firm’s view, is one of the big challenges facing the Australian funds research industry a...

Financial planning

As the financial services sector braces for major change flagged by the Federal Government more than a year ago, companies within the industry are becoming increasingly v...

Editorial

New research confirms consumers who use financial planners are generally happy with the service they receive but, as Mike Taylor reports, it also points to how many clien...

Editorial

It is now becoming increasingly clear that one of the major consequences of the Government’s Future of Financial Advice (FOFA) changes will be further industry consolidat...

Financial planning

There seems to be a sizeable gap between boutique dealer groups and major institutions in terms of financial planner recruitment this year, as the two sectors face differ...

Financial planning

Countplus MBT has completed its acquisition of Loughhead Roberts, a chartered accounting and financial planning practice in Parramatta, Sydney....

Editorial

Many financial planners have lost faith in the Federal Government’s willingness to inject balance into FOFA and, as Mike Taylor writes, this attitude was not helped by re...

Superannuation

The Federal Government's decision to ban commissions on all life and risk products within superannuation will only serve to add another layer of complexity and confusion,...

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