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Financial planning businesses have traditionally been valued on a multiple of annual recurring revenue, including trail commissions on investments, which clients have his...
Financial planning
The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has opened its inaugural 'Life Risk Specialist' education program for registrations from member advisers, following the successfu...
Financial planning
More than 360 Australians have sought advice on superannuation, mortgages and the first home owners grant, retirement, tax budgeting and investments....
Financial planning
A media report yesterday that accused financial planners of being under investigation by ASIC was false, with the people in question believed to be marketing themselves a...
Financial planning
The Financial Planning Association is canvassing its members on their exposure to failed agribusiness managers Great Southern and Timbercorp....
Financial planning
Licensing system allowing product providers to hold financial services licences should be investigated....
Financial planning
Commissions may not be extinct in the financial services industry - but they are now a seriously endangered species....
Financial planning
A lobby group representing Timbercrop growers has signalled it will press ASIC to replace Korda Mentha with an independent Responsible Entity....
Financial planning
Thanks to the Rudd Labor Government's first Cabinet reshuffle financial services now has a seat at the Cabinet table but, as Mike Taylor reports, it remains for the indus...
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Financial planning commissions may not be extinct but they are now a seriously endangered species....
Financial planning
A group called AAGRI says it has attracted the backing of 9,000 Timbercorp investors to change the responsible entity of the agribusiness, a number the group said will al...
Financial planning
Will provide a united voice in addressing the conflicts of interest plaguing advisers' reputation....
Financial planning
Industry Funds Financial Planning has strong reservations about the veracity of the Investment and Financial Services Association's proposed fee-for-service model within ...
Financial planning
Consumer group Choice is lobbying the Government to ban what it describes as "perverse incentives" paid to financial advisers that serve to make the advice consumers rece...
Financial planning
The payments made by product providers and investment platforms - otherwise known as volume bonuses and shelf space fees - are beginning to be questioned, but rebates at ...
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The succession dilemma is more than just a matter of commitments.This isn’t simply about younger vs. older advisers. It’...
Significant ethical issues there. If a relationship is in the process of breaking down then both parties are likely to b...
It's not licensees not putting them on, it's small businesses (that are licensed) that cannot afford to put them on. The...