EDITORIAL

Providing for the next generation is a key concern for many clients seeking estate planning assistance. Mark Gleeson takes a look at core testamentary trusts and child pe...

SMSF trustees are an unpredictable bunch, writes Tim Hewson. He sifts through recent research that assessed the attitudes of these independent investors....

The Australian financial planning industry has finished 2009 having successfully surmounted a number of its greatest challenges, writes Mike Taylor....

With many in the life insurance industry falling behind or struggling to keep up, Brett Yardley looks at some of the changes that have or are about to occur....

Sarina Raffo lays out the various financial planning options available to clients as they prepare for their retirement....

Bryan Ashenden considers transition to retirement strategies in a new contribution cap environment....

With the speed of risk insurance product change having increased dramatically, guarantees of upgrade have become a vital tool for financial advisers....

The Investment and Financial Services Association’s (IFSA) sponsorship of research by KPMG and Econotech that defines the value of financial advice was both necessary and...

Research from Wealth Insights and Investment Trends reinforces the degree to which financial planners understand the need for remuneration reform....

Financial planning companies and individual planners have been the subject of severe adverse findings by Financial Ombudsman Service panelists. ...

Regional financial planners face the same broad issues as those in metropolitan areas, but they also face a number of issues that city slickers do not....

PIS took a reputational hit when ASIC announced it had reached a settlement on matters relating to a class action tied to the collapse of Westpoint....

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