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Four out of every five people who consult a financial planner are satisfied with the advice they receive and most people who avoid seeing a financial planner do so becaus...
Financial planning
Below are the full results of Money Management’s exclusive poll on attitudes to the soft dollar code released by the Financial Planning Association and the Investment and...
Financial planning
Financial planning through banks has been regarded as unsophisticated, product-focused and entry level. But, as Jason Spits discovered, the banks are working hard to over...
Financial planning
Don’t jettison the basics when you prepare Statements of Advice, writes Lisa Chambers....
Financial planning
The acquisition of Ipac is bringing about a sea change at AXA. John Wilkinson spoke to AXA’s Australian chief executive officer Andy Penn....
Life/Risk
The Financial Services Reform Act has changed the world of risk insurance, but as Ross Kelly writes, opinion is divided on whether the task has become harder for advisers...
Financial planning
Paul Resnik calls on the industry to bring common sense back into financial planning training and practice....
Financial planning
Q: Under Financial Services Reform (FSR), what is the scope of advice we can provide during an initial client meeting before a Statement of Advice (SOA) is provided? My u...
Financial planning
Q: Under financial services reform (FSR) I am afraid that I cannot afford some of my clients, or more correctly, they cannot afford me. I have heard conflicting comments ...
Top 100
The boutiques may not have been the fastest movers over the past 12 months, but the Top 100 shows that most have managed to sustain respectable growth in terms of client ...
Financial planning
The current transition to the new Financial Services Reform (FSR) regime represents only the beginning of an evolution to a new standard, according to senior partner with...
Financial planning
Risk selling is about selling relationships, not products. Julie Bennett and Freya Purnell report....
Financial planning
A recent tour of Europe got Tom Collins thinking about local perceptions to financial services, particularly in relation to distribution....
Financial planning
Deakin Financial Services has confirmed market speculation it is in discussion with AustChoice Financial Services regarding a possible acquisition after an announcement t...
Financial planning
What do advisers think of choice of fund legislation? And how do they think it will impact on their business? Julie Bennett reports....
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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...
Interesting. Would be good to know the details of the StrategyOne deal....
It’s astonishing to see the FAAA now pushing for more advisers by courting "career changers" and international recruits,...