ADVISERS

Life/Risk

ASIC has made it clear it would like to see life insurance commissions banned as it would be the most effective way of combating churn, according to The Fold Legal managi...

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Financial planning

Social media has been heralded as the next big thing for some time now, but to make it work in their industry planners need to approach the medium differently, writes And...

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Financial planning

One in four existing Mortgage Choice franchise owners have signalled their intentions to start a financial planning franchise....

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Funds management

Financial services group Wealth Within has unveiled a new direct-to-client platform, which it says will remove administrative inefficiencies and reduce investor costs. ...

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Financial planning

Financial advisers looking to join a dealer group need to make sure those groups can deliver on their promises, according to My Dealer Group founder Anne Fuchs....

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Life/Risk

Licensees using PI insurance to stop free movement of advisers to competitors....

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Financial planning

Roundtable told that planner short-termism has made it difficult for fund managers to take 'big’ positions....

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Financial planning

For those advisers aspiring to greater things, two recent pieces of research may contain the insights they need to drive their business further, according to Zurich’s Ric...

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Financial planning

Dealer groups offering cash incentives to advisers to join their business should mostly be avoided due to lack of clear value proposition, according to Anne Fuchs, direct...

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Financial planning

Platforms, financial advisers and clients alike are about to be swept along by the impact of technological innovation on platforms, as Kelly Power explains. ...

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Rate the raters

The Money Management Rate the Raters survey of dealer groups and advisers offers an annual snapshot of what is important for end-user clients of the products on offer by ...

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Financial planning

Thanks to the best interests duty financial advisers now have a better chance then ever to identify quality licensees, writes Anne Fuchs. ...

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Financial planning

Synchron’s John Prossor claims a repeat of the AFS brokerage losses can be avoided by paying advisers without delay....

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Life/Risk

Zurich boss Colin Morgan says upfront commissions have an ongoing place in insurance advice....

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Financial planning

Financial advisers tend to over-estimate the average investor’s knowledge of financial markets – but social media could help to stem this trend, a US study has found....

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