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Financial planning

Online information portals could be powerful tools for advisers to engage their clients in the difficult discussion of risk insurance, and two such portals were recently ...

Financial planning

Midwinter Financial Services has released new functionality it claims will 'revolutionise' financial planning in Australia by dramatically cutting the average time taken ...

Financial planning

CommInsure has moved onto the front foot declaring that commissions should remain an option in insurance....

Financial planning

New research reveals a dramatic shift away from managed funds towards direct equities and other listed investments, as the effect of increased investor fee aversion and d...

Editorial

The market for C and D financial advice clients is heating up, both for sellers and buyers, writes Caroline Munro....

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Editorial

The Ripoll Review recently proposed the introduction of a statutory fiduciary duty for financial advisers. Tim Browne examines the importance of such an obligation for th...

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Editorial

New technologies and, in particular, software will help financial advisers compete in a hyper-competitive, post-commission environment....

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Financial planning

There is an unfair bias in the reform agenda against advisers, and more attention should be paid to researchers and product providers, according to the Financial Planning...

Financial planning

Netwealth Investments has announced it is launching a new integrated insurance facility, LifeWRAP, in conjunction with AIA Australia....

Financial planning

Offering individually managed accounts to high-net-worth clients can be a scalable solution for financial advisers, writes Damian Graham....

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Financial planning

Independently owned dealer group Wealthsure has emerged as the fastest-growing dealer group by adviser numbers in the Money Management 2010 Top 100 Dealer Group survey, w...

Financial planning

Listed premium insurance funding company Centrepoint Alliance has told the market it won’t break even for the six months to 30 June 2010, as a result of costs assoc...

Financial planning

Segmenting client service packages has resulted in clients becoming more engaged in the advice process, according to Zurich Financial Services' national sales manager of ...

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Financial planning

Wealthtrac has added a share trading facility to its platform service that provides six selected panel brokers, which the company says will provide advisers with greater ...

Financial planning

Continuing volatility is one of the only things going against the top dealer groups at the moment. But they have proved resilient, and nothing is holding them back from i...

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Interesting. Would be good to know the details of the StrategyOne deal....

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It’s astonishing to see the FAAA now pushing for more advisers by courting "career changers" and international recruits,...

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Insignia Financial has made four appointments, including three who have joined from TAL, to lead strategy and innovation in its retirement solutions for the MLC brand....

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A former Brisbane financial adviser has been charged with 26 counts of dishonest conduct regarding a failure to disclose he would receive substantial commission payments ...

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