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Financial planning

HISTORY does not repeat itself. Business cycles, market trends and business opportunities, if missed 10 years ago, do not represent themselves for a second bite of the ch...

Financial planning

Forty per cent of proactive investors achieve their investment goals with the help of a financial planner while 72 per cent seek advice from an independent expert such as...

Financial planning

Sixty per cent of proactive investors who put their money into managed funds seek out the services of a financial planner, the, the Challenger/ASSIRT Proactive Investors...

Financial planning

Very few people in the industry would have failed to notice the push to higher education standards that have been going on in recent years, especially after it received a...

Accounting

Lonsdale Financial Group, a subsidiary of Zurich Financial Services, has established an on-line business support service developed exclusively for accountants including t...

Financial planning

Integration is a win for all stakeholders...

Financial planning

Growing interest in investing has also called attention to some less than professional practices. Tom Collins argues that in the public’s eye planner renumeration may fal...

Financial planning

Lifespan is about to unveil what it believes is Australia’s first fully Web-based financial planning system. Nicole Szollos reports on a dealer group on the verge of a ma...

Financial planning

Financial planning and accountant consolidator Investor Group has undergone a restructure of its operations resulting in the resignation of three directors and the appoin...

Accounting

Cutting joint venture deals with financial planners is the best option available for accountants wanting a slice of the action in the financial advice game...

Financial planning

The consolidation trend within financial services looks set to continue as activity within the partly Zurich owned Lonsdale and Bridgeport groups pick up pace....

Financial planning

In my last article I discussed the role of the financial planner and how the Financial Services Reform Bill (FSRB) does not equate advice with financial planning....

Financial planning

The creation of a new accountant-based dealer group last year caused a whirl of publicity as some big names struck out on their own. Kate Kachor looks at their progress s...

Financial planning

The creation of a new accountant based dealer group mid last year resulted in a whirl of publicity as some big names struck out on their own. Kate Kachor looks at their p...

Financial planning

</B>There are three main ways financial planners market their business, says consultant Carol Davis of Carol Davis & Associates. Davis has recently completed the Resnik/I...

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Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...

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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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