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Financial planning

Whether you are for or against commissions doesn’t matter anymore, according to the managing director of Elixir Consulting, Sue Viskovic....

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Financial planning

Australian delays in adopting regulations currently in place in the UK, which are facilitating a shift from insurance to a managed investment focus, will have a high cost...

Financial planning

Morningstar is making a push into industry superannuation funds research on the back of demand from financial advisers....

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Financial planning

The administrative side of the move to fee-for-service is now the easy part of the puzzle as more administrative service providers evolve to meet demand. ...

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Financial planning

An educational website has published the names of 14 people believed to be the only truly independent advisers in the country....

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Editorial

Financial Services is fraught with conflicts of interest, says Robert Keavney. But the regulatory focus on these problems means that financial planning has a bright futur...

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Financial planning

Big West Australian fund GESB wants more effort put into telling consumers about the value of advice....

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Editorial

Bernie Ripoll warns about the return of margin lending into the financial sector, and the dangers the practice poses for unwary investors....

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Financial planning

Portfolio administration company Praemium is set to expand as a result of the impending shift from commissions to fee-for-service, according to Praemium’s group chief exe...

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Financial planning

AMP has reduced the single management fee attached to its AMP Growth Bond from 1.5 per cent to 1 per cent in a bid to revamp its product offering....

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Editorial

Philip La Greca examines the possible impact that the outcomes of the forthcoming government reviews will have on superannuation and, in particular, SMSFs....

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Financial planning

With the global financial crisis driving smaller lenders and mortgage brokers out of the market, Chris Kennedy finds the mortgage market is headed for a transitional year...

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Financial planning

Centric chairman Philip Kelly spoke with Lucinda Beaman about the financial services industry and his plans for 2010....

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Financial planning

Lobby groups have oversimplified the financial services debate, leaving the roots of the industry’s problems unexposed, argues the executive manager of Guardian Financial...

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Financial planning

PJC chair warns the rising number of margin lending clients should "be of concern to banks and regulators", while slamming spruikers who target the vulnerable....

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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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increased professionalism within the industry - shouldn't that say, FAR register almost halving in the last 24 months he...

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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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ASIC has cancelled a Sydney AFSL for failing to pay a $64,000 AFCA determination related to inappropriate advice, which then had to be paid by the CSLR. ...

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