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Financial planning

Many financial advisers are talking the talk when it comes to estate planning, but will they walk the walk? Tim Stewart reports that estate planning needs to be more than...

Financial planning

After 12 months of inertia, many planners are finally making some tough decisions about the way they run their businesses, says My Dealer Group principal Anne Fuchs....

Financial planning

The Federal Government has reaffirmed its intention to leave intra-fund advice out of the FOFA adviser charging regime....

Financial planning

Planners and other key stakeholders with Australian Financial Services (AFS) have held a series of meetings over the past two weeks to consider the future of the dealer g...

Editorial

While financial planners accept the reasons they are required to hold Professional Indemnity insurance, there are signs the system needs a review....

Editorial

Tom Keenan of iShares Australia examines some themes that may affect market outcomes in the year ahead....

Superannuation

Will 2013 be the defining year for self-managed super funds? Bryan Ashenden's policy overview discusses the implications for advisers....

Financial planning

A new survey finds advisers see the Future of Financial Advice reforms in a more positive light, citing efficiency as the most likely legacy of the new legislation....

Financial planning

Software developers have moved to “unprecedented” levels of disclosure regarding every part of financial planners’ daily advice activities, according to new research by I...

Superannuation

Shorten and Cormann join battle on super while industry calls for policy stability....

Financial planning

The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) has announced the launch of its 2013 GenXt Road Show with this year’s theme being The Age of Consumers....

Editorial

The good news for accountants involved in the provision of financial advice is that the APESB started 2013 by extending the time-frames with respect to its APES 230 stand...

Financial planning

Every planner should be able to enunciate what they do and how they add value in a 15-minute spiel, says HLB Mann Judd business services partner Matthew Gardiner....

Financial planning

The financial planning industry has welcomed ASIC's guidance on fee disclosure, though some argue it should have applied only to new clients....

Financial planning

Premium Wealth Management has entered into a deal with Bronny Speed and Angus McLeod's AdviceIQ partners to access the AFSL underpinning PortfolioIQ....

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