ADVICE

Policy & Regulation

ASIC has revealed how the planners sitting on it’s the Financial Services and Credit Panel will sit in judgement on their peers and help determine banning orders....

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Financial planning

Paul Barrett’s AZ Next Generation Advisory has added Mornington Peninsula-based Dunsford Financial Planning to its growing stable of financial planning practices....

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Financial planning

The Association of Goals Based Advice held its first conference to provide strategies on how to implement a goals-based advisory business....

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Superannuation

The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia has cautioned against extending the so-called regulatory sandbox towards superannuation and holistic advice....

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Financial planning

GreenZone Australia co-founder Geoff Rimmer has drawn attention to confidence issues planners face with establishing their own AFSLs....

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Financial planning

ANZ has resulted a full-year profit of $6.41 billion but its divisional results provide proof of the sense of its substantial exit from wealth....

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Financial planning

The industry needs clarity on how the new educational standards for existing advisers will quantify experience and established client relationships....

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Financial planning

The AFA has released its advice competency framework whitepaper at the 2017 conference, highlighting the need for advisers to focus on soft skills, not just technical....

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Financial planning

Map My Plan and the AFA have entered into a deal that would allow AFA adviser members to sign up to the firm’s digital advice services for their clients....

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Financial planning

Three-quarters of advised Australians believe the advice they received outweighed its cost as advisers are helping them achieve their financial goals and retirement drea...

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Financial planning

The AFA will release its Financial Advice Competency Framework at its conference this week, in which it outlines the skills and attributes required by advisers....

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Financial planning

ASIC has released its Cost Recovery Implementation Statement outlining its estimated regulatory costs in 2017/18 as part of the industry funding model. ...

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Financial planning

Planners are switching insurers at record levels, while many advisers are seeking additional support to expand their life insurance advice....

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Financial planning

Most Australians trusted their financial adviser over their financial institutions, while there was disconnect between their risk appetite and expected returns....

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People & Products

National Australia Bank Financial Planning has today announced two appointments within its leadership team to manage NSW, QLD and the ACT....

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