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The number of investors allocating towards exchange-traded funds will increase 35 to 50 per cent in the next two years in the wake of the current proliferation of product...
Funds management
There will be a surge in the number of investors embracing exchange-traded funds in the next two years, since they are increasingly being taken up by financial advisers....
Editorial
Jim Minto reflects on the recent delisting of Tower Australia, and what it will mean for the company....
Financial planning
Despite noise from the marketplace suggesting competition from rivals looking to poach AXA financial planning practices, there has so far been no significant net change b...
Editorial
With post-GFC investor confidence returning only slowly, a growing number of planners are placing their clients’ funds into direct shares. Paul Foster asks: is leaving on...
Superannuation
Advisers anticipate an increased administrative burden due to proposed changes around the administration of artworks and collectibles in SMSFs, and are likely to increase...
Financial planning
ASIC has been accused of creating a recipe for chaos when it comes to adviser applications for AFSLs....
People & Products
Professional Investment Services (PIS) has reinforced its risk team with the appointment of Peter Nielsen, who will have the geographic responsibility for the dealer grou...
Financial planning
Capital protected products, which received a boost amid the uncertainty of the global financial crisis, are now being shunned by financial planners as too expensive and i...
Financial planning
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has turned its attention to the inner workings of the investment research industry, including research houses'...
Financial planning
Financial planning software provider IRESS has announced its next update of Xplan will include new 'opt-in' capabilities for advisers as part of the practice management f...
Financial planning
Asgard has released a number of new features for its eWRAP platform, which the company claims will help advisers deliver more customised advice in less time....
Financial planning
Platform provider Praemium has launched a mobile delivery capability for its V-Wrap online portfolio administration platform....
Policy & Regulation
Platforms should not wait to see what changes are introduced under the Government's Future of Financial Advice reforms, but rather should try and stay ahead of market nee...
Financial planning
MLC has developed a new tool called My Client Leads, to help advisers who are struggling to market to their existing client base....
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Podcast
This verdict highlights something deeply wrong and rotten at the heart of the FSCP. We are witnessing a heavy-handed, op...
Interesting. Would be good to know the details of the StrategyOne deal....
It’s astonishing to see the FAAA now pushing for more advisers by courting "career changers" and international recruits,...