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If the Financial Planning Association and the Association of Financial Advisers are to merge they will have to work through many divisive issues....
Richard Oldcorn discusses the use of the optimisation strategy, which is somewhat neglected by financial planners....
Colonial First State's David Gait explains why encouraging company stewardship in Asia can only be a good thing for investors....
Following the Government's prescription for better managed investment schemes disclosure, Brendan Ivers explains how these changes have affected the industry....
The Government's failure to release the Henry Tax Review has angered financial planners....
Dominic McCormick explains why it is time to increase the heat on the frozen funds littering the mortgage, high yield, property and hedge fund sectors....
Mike Taylor warns about the large number of industry bodies in financial services, focusing on AIOFP....
As the debate about life insurance in superannuation continues to create divisions in the industry, Tower's Geoff Black explains the importance of maintaining the status ...
In the second part of his article explaining the complications surrounding insurance policy start dates, Col Fullagar explains how advisers and clients can avoid some com...
Queensland-based group Trinity is claiming it has turned a corner despite reporting a $38 million loss for the six months to the end of December....
Financial Services is fraught with conflicts of interest, says Robert Keavney. But the regulatory focus on these problems means that financial planning has a bright futur...
A change in the Financial Planning Association's leadership may be for the better, writes Mike Taylor....
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