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Financial planning

An increasing number of financial planners want to take a more active role in estate planning for their clients. Here’s what they should do, writes Anna Hacker. ...

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Editorial

Australian financial planners have faced some of their most troubling years, but Vanguard’s Michael Lovett suggests a bright outlook is beginning to emerge – something wh...

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People & Products

Australian Unity Personal Financial Serivces has recruited Ian McDermott as head of risk and compliance to assist the group with the final details of FOFA. ...

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Financial planning

Despite reports to the contrary, OneVue has seen advisers flock back to platforms as regulatory changes force them to run their practices more efficiently....

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Financial planning

With dealer groups across the industry struggling to retain planners, commentators are urging them to adopt the Net Promoter Score (NPS) system to get a better understand...

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Financial planning

The FOFA and fee-for-service regimes are teaching planners how to chase bad debts....

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Funds management

Australians who lost money investing in the now-collapsed LM First Mortgage Income Fund have limited opportunity to recoup losses due to bad advice, Slater & Gordon has w...

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Superannuation

The major political parties have been warned that unnecessarily tinkering with super policy will carry with it significant risk of a negative reaction from those aged ove...

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Financial planning

Powerwrap has acquired financial services firm MWH Capital in an effort to tap into the growing personal investment and broker markets....

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Life/Risk

Synchron’s Don Trapnell calls for proof to justify ASIC’s concern on churn....

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Financial planning

Affinia’s Craig Parker discusses how customer centricity is emerging as the new practice business model. ...

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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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Financial planning

Risk advisers with old portfolios need to go through their client bases and dig out any investment income, according The Risk Store founder Sue Laing....

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People & Products

As it continues its push for regional growth, Centric Wealth has appointed Bonnie Boezeman AO as director of urban growth New South Wales....

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Financial planning

Guardian Advice has rolled out a new succession planning strategy which aims to help older advisers retire, while attracting the younger generation of planners to the dea...

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