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The Boutique Financial Planning Principals Group (BFPPG) has hit back at industry dismissals of the independence of advice as a question of perception rather than reality...
Financial planning
Fees versus commissions is an important debate for the financial planning industry, but having independent research in the first place will take much of the sting out of ...
Editorial
After two decades as a financial planner, newly retired Ray Griffin explains what he has learned from a career in the industry....
Financial planning
One hundred members of the Association of Independently-Owned Financial Planners will be in Vietnam this weekend for the association's two-day annual conference....
Financial planning
Law firm Levitt Robinson argues the compensation arrangements being negotiated between former Storm Financial clients and the Commonwealth Bank of Australia will not achi...
Financial planning
Lobby groups have oversimplified the financial services debate, leaving the roots of the industry’s problems unexposed, argues the executive manager of Guardian Financial...
Financial planning
Financial planners would be well advised to meet with their local MP and explain to them the value of the industry, according to former NSW Opposition Leader Kerry Chikar...
Financial planning
PJC chair warns the rising number of margin lending clients should "be of concern to banks and regulators", while slamming spruikers who target the vulnerable....
Editorial
Mark Halsey takes a look at recommendation two of the PJC inquiry into financial products and services and its potential implications for the industry....
Financial planning
Financial Index Australia has acquired 50 per cent of Ballarat-based financial planning practice Nevett Ford Financial Services, with an agreement to acquire the remainin...
Editorial
Bryan Ashenden takes a look at the far-reaching impact the recommendations of the Ripoll Inquiry could have on the financial services industry....
Editorial
While there will be plenty of discussion around policy issues this year, the realities of the political cycle mean it will be well into 2011 before financial planners can...
Editorial
The Australian financial planning industry has finished 2009 having successfully surmounted a number of its greatest challenges, writes Mike Taylor....
Financial planning
With the industry coming to the end of a particularly challenging period, financial planners have good reason to be optimistic, writes Jo-Anne Bloch....
Financial planning
In the wake of a challenging year, a number of major hurdles lie ahead for financial planners, writes Richard Klipin....
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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’...
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It's not licensees not putting them on, it's small businesses (that are licensed) that cannot afford to put them on. The...