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Financial planning

Managed Accounts Holdings has taken a minority stake in a Queensland planning business linked to GPS Wealth co-founder and director, Ron McGregor....

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Editorial

Financial planners should brace themselves for a further period of political and policy uncertainty and possibly rue the lost opportunities of 2013-16. ...

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Financial planning

NAB’s insurance transaction with Nippon Life has resulted in consolidation and the creation of the largest retail super fund....

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Financial planning

School-like exams might not be appropriate for all advisers under the new education standards, and the word 'exam' should be removed from the Exposure Draft, the AFA said...

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Superannuation

Managed portfolios from wealth management platform provider, HUB24, will make SMSF opportunities in Australia more far-reaching....

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Funds management

CBA has re-signed Morningstar as its primary investment research provider for its wealth management business. ...

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Financial planning

Non-aligned group, Centrepoint Alliance, has rebranded under one umbrella and website, and will run as a single brand with four sub-brands....

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Features

The financial planning industry has probably accepted by now that change is a constant, stemming from legislation, regulation, or the Budget. Malavika Santhebennur wades ...

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Features

Financial planners talk about what the costs of implementing FOFA have been for their practices even as they contemplate the next suite of changes stemming from tinkering...

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Features

Malavika Santhebennur finds out what else is on advisers’ minds other than the 2016 Federal Budget and FOFA in part three of this feature....

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Features

Decisions regarding tax this financial year have a lot to do with the upcoming federal election and possible legislative changes. Jassmyn Goh finds out how advisers can b...

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Financial planning

CBA has paid over $4.8 million in compensation so far to clients who received poor advice or were charged incorrect fees....

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Financial planning

Most people who sought financial advice were doing so at the last minute as they approached retirement, with many finding advice was out of reach for them....

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Financial planning

ASIC has accepted an EU from HSBC for potentially giving poor advice to clients on retail structured products without collecting sufficient information and considering th...

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Features

While understanding the intricacies of SMSFs require specialist training and education it is well worth the effort for advisers to be able to provide comprehensive SMSF a...

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