COMMISSIONS

Financial planning

Trailing commissions account for 35 per cent of revenue in the financial planning industry....

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Financial planning

Snowball Group calls for the quarantining of product provider influence from the advice in super....

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Financial planning

Andrew Biviano considers the scenarios in which the age pension Work Bonus does, and does not, apply. ...

Editorial

The Australian financial planning industry has finished 2009 having successfully surmounted a number of its greatest challenges, writes Mike Taylor....

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Financial planning

BT Financial Group has used its submission to the second phase of the Cooper Review to argue for cost reductions at the same time as calling for equity on intra-fund advi...

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Financial planning

The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) has rejected claims by the Industry Super Network that financial advisers are putting an 'indefensible drag' on Australia’s re...

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Financial planning

Cooper Review urged to recommend the abolition of entry and exit fees, including the take by planners....

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Editorial

While much remains unresolved about future government policy and the ultimate shape of financial planning regulation, a good deal is already obvious. Change is inevitable...

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Financial planning

With the industry coming to the end of a particularly challenging period, financial planners have good reason to be optimistic, writes Jo-Anne Bloch....

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Financial planning

In the wake of a challenging year, a number of major hurdles lie ahead for financial planners, writes Richard Klipin....

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Financial planning

It's time for the industry to evolve into a profession – and this involves more than simply removing commissions, writes Barry Lambert....

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Financial planning

With the dust from the global financial crisis beginning to settle, it is an opportune time for some reflection, writes Mark Hoven....

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Financial planning

The FPA remains Australia’s dominant industry body for financial planners, but in the contest for members it is the AFA that has experienced the greatest migration of mem...

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Financial planning

The Industry Super Network claims the Government should end commissions before looking to increase the superannuation guarantee....

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Editorial

The Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services (the Ripoll Inquiry) has delivered precisely what could be expected from a parliamentary inquiry ...

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