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Legislation is required to ensure consumers can distinguish between planners providing 'independent strategy-driven advice' and those providing 'product sales-driven advi...

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Macquarie Equities has taken top honours in the 2009 Money Management/CoreData Dealer Group of the Year awards, while Commonwealth Financial Planning has been named the l...

Editorial

WHEN Money Management recently reported that recruitment agencies were advertising non-existent roles, it raised a broader issue of what constitutes acceptable and ethica...

Financial planning

Low-cost advice is a good thing, writes JO-ANNE BLOCH, but some aspects of the new intra-fund advice rules just don’t make sense from a policy, enforcement or delivery p...

Financial planning

If the past 12 months have reinforced anything, it's that the 'twin' of portfolio return - portfolio risk - can never be ignored....

Financial planning

Financial planners should be able to access the same class relief as superannuation trustees when providing limited, infra-fund advice, according to the chief executive o...

Financial planning

In an environment where financial planners are under increasing pressure to justify to clients their fees and commissions, the pricing model employed by Commonwealth Fina...

Editorial

Many investors have seen their core beliefs turned upside down in the past year. Rob Arnott of Research Affiliates discusses at this year's Portfolio Construction Confere...

Financial planning

Small financial planning practices are struggling with the complex requirements and costs of running their businesses....

Financial planning

At this year’s PortfolioConstruction Conference (August 26-27, 2009), PIMCO’s Bill Gross will discuss why the “new normal” in asset markets will be dominated by three key...

Financial planning

This year's PortfolioConstruction Conference (August 26-27, 2009) sees the Hon. Dr Pippa Malmgren return to discuss asset allocation in the new reality including preserva...

Financial planning

Dr Peter Rathjens, chief investment officer with US-based Arrowstreet Capital, will review the conceptual underpinnings of active asset management at this year's Portfoli...

Financial planning

If the financial planning industry is to be placed under the media microscope, those controlling the focus should be obliged to declare their interests. There is nothing ...

Financial planning

Judge says matter should be resolved quickly to avoid leaving shareholders in limbo....

Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has issued class order relief that will allow super fund members to receive advice from their fund....

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