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The tools and resources available to assist financial planners to refocus or redefine their target market are limited. But as <caps>Fiona Moore</caps> reports, building r...

Financial planning

Large institutions have failed to understand the nature of financial planning despite the fact they are building large distribution groups according to Sealcorp Victorian...

Financial planning

Typical planning practices are caught in a cycle of continuing to do business in certain ways because they have always been done in that matter according to BT Funds Mana...

Financial planning

Investors continue to be sceptical about the quality of financial planning advice and that vested interests are being promoted by the advisory market ahead of the needs o...

Financial planning

Dealer groups are finding that loyalty programs, clearly defined career paths and equity are key ways of retaining planners, reports KATE KACHOR....

Financial planning

NICOLE SZOLLOS explores the correlation between the number of planners employed by a distributor and funds under advice. ...

Financial planning

The influence of large scale financial institutions in the financial advice market shows no signs of abating. GEORGE LIONDIS reports on Money Management’s second annual l...

Financial planning

The Financial Planning Association has partially reversed its decision requiring planners who receive training with other education providers to sit a challenge test, as ...

Financial planning

Over the past 12 months the working lives of Australia’s financial planning fraternity has been given a good shakeup and for some, even been turned upside down. The bad n...

Financial planning

Royal and SunAlliance Financial Services (RSAFS) will add a further dealer group to its distribution capabilities with the launch of its newest group, Guardian Financial ...

Financial planning

The best way for financial advisers to tackle the 1200 page long Financial Services Reform Act is one bite at a time says Clayton Utz’s director of financial services Kar...

Financial planning

The issue of planner renumeration is one which has been at the centre of debate for quite some time. Most planners with some time in the industry will be aware that the s...

Financial planning

It is a pretty unusual occurrence to find a financial planner with nothing to do. It seems these days that if a planner does not have towering piles of paper work precari...

Financial planning

Boutiques dealer groups have staked their claim by grabbing high net worth clients as well as some of the best advisers. John Wilkinson breaks down the data and finds man...

Financial planning

While this year’s Top 100 dealer survey does not feature any large acquisitions there was plenty of action still occurring among those who scored a place in the rankings....

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