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Financial planning

When the National bought MLC earlier this year, LendLease Financial Planning had to look for a new name – and fast. After some angst, the group took on the handle “Apoge...

Financial planning

Last year I wrote an article I called “Regulation – friend or foe, crutch or protector” (<I>Money Management</I> retitled it “Is it really necessary to have more rules fr...

Financial planning

“It’s about 70 per cent fees. It has turned around from being 20 per cent in favour of fees about five years ago, moving with the trend towards more fee based services. I...

Financial planning

Prominent financial adviser Anthony Starkins has called for the outlawing of commissions because they contravene the fiduciary relationship between advisers and clients....

Financial planning

Risk products that don’t pay commissions – you’ve got to be joking. Refunding trail commissions – too hard....

Financial planning

Assirt managing director Brett Sanders has been named managing director of the merged Assirt/ Bourse Data business....

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Assirt managing director Brett Sanders has been named managing director of the merged Assirt/ Bourse Data business....

Financial planning

Fees or Commissions – is that the real debate Two things worry me about the fees vs commissions debate. Firstly are we only considering it from our own perspective – hav...

Financial planning

Insurance brokers must act now to implement a compliance infrastructure to meet the demands of the ASIC policy statement 161 according to Paul Harding-Davis head of the F...

Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has commenced an enforceable undertaking action on Grosvenor Securities’ 40 advisers, following a surveillance...

Financial planning

The financial planning industry is about to go through a phase of uncertainty in its evolution into a major profession, says Jim Stackpool of Strategic Consulting and Tra...

Financial planning

The difference in valuation between an average financial planning business and a premium business can vary by up to $370,000 depending on a number of factors, says MGI Me...

Financial planning

Insurance brokers must act now to implement a compliance infrastructure to meet the demands of the ASIC policy statement 161 according to Paul Harding-Davis head of the F...

Financial planning

One of the most well known faces in the life insurance industry, Alan Betts, has teamed up with South African life insurer Capital Alliance to launch Australia’s first ne...

Financial planning

Australia’s financial advice industry is underpinned by licensing arrangements enforced and administered by the ever shrinking resources of our investment watchdog. Tom C...

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So shareholders lose a dividend plus have seen the erosion of value. Qantas decides to clawback remuneration from Alan ...

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This is why I left my last position. There was no interest in giving the client quality time, it was all about bumping ...

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So the Hayne Royal Commission has left us with this. What a sad day for the financial planning industry. Clearly most ...

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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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