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Financial planning

Advisers at the Commonwealth Bank showed the second highest level of loyalty and their advisers had the second highest average tenure, with Macquarie topping the list....

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Financial planning

Applications for the 2016 Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA) Awards have opened and now include the ‘FPA Professional Practice of the Year’ award....

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Funds management

Advisers and investors have been demanding less volatility, new ways to manage risk and non-traditional investments, according to BetaShares. ...

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Accounting

Accountants who provide SMSF advice without a licence risk not being covered by professional indemnity insurance, as insurers treat accountants and financial advisers dif...

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Financial planning

Advisers were spending 30 hours a week on administration but only nine hours meeting clients face-to-face despite a desire to meet clients more....

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Life/Risk

Workers need to find advice on income protection that can be rebated so that is it not just about selling a product, according to Omniwealth....

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Financial planning

Advisers had not adapted to a world of no commissions just yet but would need to diversify their service offerings to justify fee-for-service, Aon Hewitt said....

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People & Products

Interprac FP recruits Capstone’s Rae Stagbouer as its national advice manager to support its growing network of accountant trained advisers....

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Financial planning

Until real estate agents and lawyers are held to higher standards, foreign investors should seek financial advice to avoid breaching FIRB laws, Connect ASEAN principal, P...

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Funds management

Increased financial choices is detrimental to a consumer’s investment decisions, according to financial advice fintech Capital Preferences....

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Financial planning

netwealth has provided Fortnum advisers access to its range of separately managed accounts through a private label managed account service. ...

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Accounting

Advisers need to start preparing for changes to the way property leases will be treated on their balance sheets from 2019, an accountancy firm warns....

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Financial planning

The Federal Government has been told that the voices of too few grass roots advisers have been heard in the FSI and PJC processes....

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Financial planning

People providing so-called “wholesale” advice should not be permitted to call themselves planners....

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Financial planning

Calls for the AFA and FPA to unite to form a single representative voice for financial advisers, is unlikely to result in a marriage between the two groups....

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