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Financial planning

Managed discretionary accounts (MDAs) should be customised for individual clients, both to manage diverse expectations and meet new regulatory guidelines, an adviser says...

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Superannuation

Financial planners are already subject to the best interests duty, so any additional requirements with respect to SMSF advice would be redundant, according to the FSC....

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Funds management

ANZ has announced a strategic alliance with Swiss private bank Vontobel after it signed a co-operation agreement. ...

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Financial planning

Advisers should be fine-tuning their social media strategy to introduce their offerings to new prospective clients and answer basic questions, a financial planner believe...

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Life/Risk

Col Fullagar delves into the pros and cons of winding up an income protection policy and taking a commuted benefit, and what the process of commutation involves. ...

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Financial planning

Financial advisers need to be aware of the limitations of the ratings provided by ratings houses, according to specialist financial services lawyer Peter Townsend....

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Financial planning

IOOF has moved to help prepare its planners for the new Future of Financial Advice regime with the release of a Fee Disclosure Statement Questions and Answers pack....

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Financial planning

A financial adviser has been battling with TAL for more than two years over the commission arrangements surrounding one of his clients....

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Life/Risk

Life insurance claim payments have jumped by 10.7 per cent over the last 12 months, breaking through $4 billion in claim payments, according to new figures released by th...

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Financial planning

Planning firms need to get better at transitioning clients to a new adviser when the original adviser retires, says Equity Trustees head of private wealth Geoff Rimmer....

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People & Products

Equity Trustees has grown its distribution team with the appointment of Ron Grima as Queensland key account manager....

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Life/Risk

In the ongoing debate about risk insurance fees versus commission, it’s time to think about the financial adviser's value proposition, writes Col Fullagar. ...

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Financial planning

Whether you are the adviser replacing a life insurance policy, or the one who recommended it in the first place, you should be fine as long as it's only ever about the cl...

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Life/Risk

Risk commissions paid to advisers have been under attack for some time. If they were to be completely eliminated, however, what would be a viable alternative? Col Fullaga...

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Financial planning

RI Advice will voluntarily include commissions in its fee disclosure statements, according to the licensee's head of practice development Peter Ornsby....

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