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Platinum Asset Management and Macquarie Wrap Solutions have resolved a brief but public dispute after Platinum moved to withdraw its funds from the latter’s platform inve...

Financial planning

Melbourne-based ObjectMastery has broken the $1 billion funds under advice barrier with its UK wrap Transact....

Financial planning

IOOF has now fully bedded down a tiered support service offering to selected advisers – IOOF Premier Services (IPS) – following the launch of the initiative to planners b...

Financial planning

Financial advisers have been criticised for failing to recommend client businesses, with calls for advisers to make the notion of referrals a two-way affair....

Financial planning

Adviser Ratings, the group set up by David Child to rate financial planners, has dropped its upfront fee for an assessment....

Financial planning

The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has rolled out a series of business tools targetting specific areas including the terms of engagement between advisers and client...

Financial planning

Is there any way to accurately measure adviser quality, asks Robert Keavney....

Financial planning

Some financial planners are moving into risk insurance, an area historically occupied by life agents. Craig Phillips looks at some of the drawbacks of such a move....

Financial planning

The Australian population may be under-insured, reports Ben Abbott, but what’s more, Australians’ appetite for insurance appears to be lacklustre....

Financial planning

Risk insurance has been on the ropes for some time but it is far from down and out. In fact many in the game would contend the market must improve as it has no other opti...

Financial planning

It's hard enough treating every one fairly in an estate plan – but it's even more difficult when the beneficiaries are part of a blended family. Jack Houwing describes hi...

Financial planning

Perpetual Trustees head of marketing Michael Young has stepped away from the group, ending his seven year relationship with the company....

Financial planning

Sydney-based financial planning group Morrison Carr will embark on an ambitious recruitment program by offering a flat dealer fee to advisers of $1,000 per month....

Financial planning

AMP affiliated financial advisers in New Zealand are thumbing their noses at a proposed support package by the company to help them through the de-merger process....

Financial planning

Financial planners, clients and ASIC are focusing on how financial planners price their services. Which way is the best way to go? Robert Keavney reports....

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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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