FINANCIAL PLANNING

Accounting

Count Financial points to utility of fee-for-service for accountants entering financial planning space....

Superannuation

Those taking super lump sums have been getting a bum rap with many using the money to purchase a virtual income stream rather than a caravan....

Financial planning

Financial advisers could combine robo-advice into their firm’s marketing process through principles of compliance and contemporariness....

Financial planning

A Queensland Government submission has pointed to more women than men choosing to access financial advice provided by super funds....

Financial planning

ASIC has banned former ‘adviser’, Tony Davidof, from providing financial services for three years....

Financial planning

Specialist research house Dexx&r has pointed to discontinuance rates in life/risk actually moving through cycles, with the most recent cycle peaking in about September, 2...

Financial planning

Aged care clients value guidance over product recommendations as they head into cash-flow negative territory for the first time in their lives. ...

Financial planning

A forensic investigation has identified 17 more CBA planners requiring investigation and possible client compensation....

Financial planning

Risk advisers are specialists and require their own professional standards stream, says Synchron’s Don Trapnell....

Financial planning

ClearView Wealth has denied reports that it is exploring sales alternatives saying no proposal has been received....

Superannuation

UniSuper has invested in an upgrade of its advice-focused member centres across the country to provide members with a venue to meet....

Financial planning

Over one in three Australians will delay plans to have children because of the costs of raising a family, according to new findings by Mortgage Choice....

Financial planning

Adelaide-based Goldsborough Financial Services has returned to 100 per cent partner control with the exit of a 49 per cent private equity stakeholder....

Financial planning

ASIC issues draft guidance which would require licensees to ensure access is available to client records even if advisers no longer work for them....

Financial planning

Australia’s financial advisers are pioneers of reform, plotting the path to professionalism for other sectors to follow, a financial services broker believes...

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