ADVISERS

Financial planning

Advisers should assess the impacts of factors such as changing remuneration models away from commissions when considering an upfront cash payment to switch licensees....

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Editorial

ETFs have been growing at a rapid pace in the last few years, but as Janine Mace writes, this might be due to their potential, rather than the recent and current achievem...

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Editorial

Australian financial advisers haven’t exactly embraced ETFs, despite the sector growing in popularity each year. Janine Mace finds adviser education is vital....

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Financial planning

Many financial advisers are avoiding structured products in a bid to maintain simplicity, transparency and liquidity in their clients' portfolios....

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Financial planning

AIA Australia announced this week it had upgraded its online quoting and application tool for financial advisers, eAPP Express....

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Financial planning

Spurred by regulatory change and technological advances, investment platforms are driving into traditional financial planning software spaces, including customer relation...

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Superannuation

Chan and Naylor's David Hasib urges crackdown on "rogues" promoting and advising on SMSFs....

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Financial planning

With major legislative change set to occur, the role software, technology and new media are playing in financial planning today is unprecedented....

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Financial planning

With dealer groups looking to service untapped markets, rural and regional Australia could represent a perfect growth opportunity for financial planners....

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Editorial

On all the available evidence, the financial services industry is well on its way to finding a remuneration formula capable of meeting both the Government's requirements ...

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Financial planning

Australian investors may have built up a so-called "wall of cash" as they cling to safety in volatile times, but new research conducted by Wealth Insights suggests planne...

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Tools & guides

Finametrica founder Paul Resnik argues that risk profiling tools are all very well, but it is a financial adviser's ability to use those tools that really matters....

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Life/Risk

Senior life/risk executives have told a Money Management roundtable that identifying real churn requires a closer understanding of lapse rates....

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Editorial

With Baby Boomers starting to enter retirement, there is a growing realisation that retirement incomes products are insufficient and in need of an overhaul....

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Editorial

A Money Management/Association of Financial Advisers forum dealing with the Financial Services Council’s framework on life/risk remuneration uncovered strong feelings and...

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Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...

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Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...

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ASIC has suspended the Australian Financial Services Licence of a Melbourne-based financial advice firm....

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The corporate regulator has issued infringement notices to three AFSLs whose financial advisers provided personal advice to a retail client while unregistered....

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ASIC has released the results of its first adviser exam to be held in 2025, with 241 candidates attempting the test....

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