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The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has urged investors to avoid Connaught Investment Group....

Tools & guides

The option of using a record of advice has been available to financial advisers for a number of years. Samantha Hills clears confusion as to why planners would use one, w...

Financial planning

The rise of the younger, more affluent woman may present a golden opportunity for financial advisers looking to diversify their current client base....

Funds management

The founder of Count Financial, Barry Lambert, has been awarded Money Management’s Lifetime Achievement Award for 2012....

Financial planning

Despite the largest institutions holding almost half the market share, the financial planning industry remains highly competitive, according to a report published by IBIS...

Financial planning

More clients would prefer their planner picked up the phone, while two in five don't even perceive they use the services of a planner, according to a Leap of Faith survey...

Editorial

There is considerable asset allocation bias with SMSF trustees. This is likely to lead to disappointing performance at best, and widespread disasters at worst, according ...

Financial planning

Australian investor sentiment has hit one of its lowest points, according to the latest Wealth Insights Investor Sentiment Index....

Financial planning

Morningstar division Ibbotson Associates Australia has gained an implemented consulting mandate from NEO Financial Solutions....

Financial planning

The Institute of Chartered Accountants has urged the Government to move on the deductibility of financial advice in the May Budget....

Financial planning

The online publisher Trident Press has removed a number of claims on its websites after the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) found they were "likel...

People & Products

Towers Watson has appointed Danny Howell as head of wealth management for Asia to boost the company's advisory services to wealth management clients....

Editorial

When clients fail to do their bit in the client-adviser relationship, financial planners are often blamed for unfavourable outcomes. Col Fullagar proposes a way to avoid ...

Financial planning

Market volatility is changing the way financial advisers structure their clients' retirement income and the advice they are offering around it. Benjamin Levy reports on t...

Financial planning

As the financial planning industry moves towards a fee-for-service environment, there is a pressing need to ensure clients understand exactly what they are paying for, ac...

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