Benjamin Levy

Benjamin Levy

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17 November 2011

The Financial Planning Association will encourage its members to focus more on retirement and post-retirement planning, according to FPA general manager of policy and gov...

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17 November 2011

Financial planners must take advantage of social media to combat negative consumer perceptions about the industry and make Australians realise the value of advice, accord...

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16 November 2011

The financial advice industry is failing to do enough to convince consumers of the need for adequate insurance cover, according to Tim Browne, general manager for retail ...

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9 November 2011

Superannuation funds will need to invest in a significant amount of infrastructure before they are ready to launch a financial advice service to their members, according ...

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27 October 2011

Financial advisers have reacted angrily to continuing attacks on the industry by compensation lawyers who blame financial planners for negative market performance and enc...

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18 October 2011

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...

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17 October 2011

Small Independent Super Funds Association wants definitive framework for accountants providing advice....

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22 September 2011

MLC strategist warns on possible plunge in residential property investment returns....

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22 September 2011

Altrinsic's John Hock warns that short-term policy fixes will fail to halt the slide in global economic circumstances....

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22 September 2011

During the financial crisis, listed property funds had to scrabble under the couch cushions to raise debt capital as the banks tightened the purse strings....

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This verdict highlights something deeply wrong and rotten at the heart of the FSCP. We are witnessing a heavy-handed, op...

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Interesting. Would be good to know the details of the StrategyOne deal....

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It’s astonishing to see the FAAA now pushing for more advisers by courting "career changers" and international recruits,...

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Insignia Financial has made four appointments, including three who have joined from TAL, to lead strategy and innovation in its retirement solutions for the MLC brand....

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A former Brisbane financial adviser has been charged with 26 counts of dishonest conduct regarding a failure to disclose he would receive substantial commission payments ...

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Pinnacle Investment Management has announced it will acquire strategic interests in two international fund managers for $142 million....

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