FUTURE OF FINANCIAL ADVICE

Financial planning

Lower-cost and flexible pricing models have been the most successful elements in driving planners’ satisfaction with investment platforms, according to a new report by In...

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Rate the raters

They may have expanded their services, but research houses are not about to give fund managers a free pass to market. Jason Spits reports....

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Accounting

The Institute of Public Accountants has given its members an alternative to compliance with APES 230. ...

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Financial planning

More than half of advisers in the industry have been approached by one or more dealer group asking them to switch, according to a CoreData survey....

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Financial planning

ASIC doubles NTA levels for custodians and IDPS providers ...

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Financial planning

BT’s Bryan Ashenden explains why the best interest duty is in everyone’s best interests....

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Superannuation

AIST and ISN are calling for a clearer definition of the word 'advice’, as the current wording of TASA prohibits industry super funds from providing intra-fund advice. ...

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Financial planning

Only the Coalition in the Senate stands between the passage of the legislation enshrining ‘planner’/‘adviser’....

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Superannuation

Financial planning firms operating in-house portfolio construction functions face having to 'FOFA-proof' against looming operational risks embedded in the Future of Finan...

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Financial planning

Just like any other business, financial advice practices need to think about sustainability. Marc Fabris explains how to make sure your business enjoys many happy birthda...

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Funds management

Jonathan Wu, who started his career in financial services as a teenager, was this year’s recipient of the Young Achiever of the Year award for 2013....

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Superannuation

Super funds should be able to provide limited advice on retirement products, according to ASFA’s newly released white paper. ...

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Financial planning

The new remuneration model announced by Commonwealth Financial Planning will assess advisers on both financial and non-financial performance, and will see the introductio...

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Financial planning

Financial planners wishing to keep providing advice in areas such as superannuation after 1 July will have to complete a course approved by the Taxation Practitioners Boa...

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Financial planning

ASIC has delayed work on its financial planner training framework while the Future of Financial Advice reforms are being implemented. ...

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