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Financial planning
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) says use of the term 'adviser' should be restricted and more closely regulated, differentiating between financial advisers and...
Financial planning
With the end of the financial year fast approaching, Tim Sanderson discusses some of the strategies available to clients in the lead up to June 30....
Financial planning
Financial planners will be advising clients on tax strategies, but they need to consider their own businesses too, writes Mariana von-Lucken....
Financial planning
Details regarding the circumstances of the former clients of Storm Financial have emerged in the business profile created by business brokers Kenyon Prendeville....
Financial planning
Professionals who provided advice in connection with the value of these securities and derivatives, and the risks associated with such investments, face a rising wave of ...
Financial planning
BankWest has launched a recruitment campaign to increase its financial adviser complement in existing and new stores on the eastern seaboard of Australia....
Life/Risk
The Insurance Council of Australia may have estimated the total insurance bill from February’s Victorian bushfires to exceed $1 billion but, thus far, the resultant...
Financial planning
Shadow Superannuation Minister proposes creation of Government-issued CPI-linked bonds to support the now dwindling products offered by annuities companies and reduce the...
Financial planning
IFSA rejects Australian Research Council Report claiming genetic discrimination in life insurance; cases outdated....
Financial planning
The industry body has created a government and policy committee it hopes will strengthen its relationship with the Government and better represent the needs of its member...
Financial planning
AMP Financial Planning has set itself an ambitious growth target for planner numbers through the current financial year despite the industry downturn. ...
Financial planning
MARTIN BRECKON faces some unassailable truths about super with some practical suggestions....
Financial planning
There are some key matters that demand even greater super fund trustee attention at this difficult time, writes ANNE MacNAMARA....
Editorial
OVER the past several years the Financial Planning Association (FPA) has, on its members’ behalf, run a substantial promotional campaign on the ‘value of advice’. This ha...
Life/Risk
Platform providers must increase the number of risk products on their platforms as advisers look to insurance to provide a greater source of revenue for their businesses ...
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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...