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Financial planning

Collins House Financial Services (CHFS) is the creation of one of Melbourne’s oldest stockbroking firms and one of Melbourne’s high-profile financial planners. As John W...

Financial planning

Macquarie University has developed a postgraduate diploma and masters degrees in financial services law....

Financial planning

Macquarie University has developed a postgraduate diploma and masters degrees in financial services law....

Financial planning

In an episode of the cult television cartoon, The Simpsons, mother Marge buys into a pretzel cart franchise for $500....

Financial planning

The Financial Planners and Insurance Advisers Association (FPIA) needs to in-crease its membership to a least 1,600, if it is to become a truly effective, independent bod...

Financial planning

Awareness of the Internet is now widespread throughout the financial services industry as is the volume of information which comes with the new medium....

Superannuation

A legal technicality in the new SLAB3 legislation is threatening Australia’s 300,000+ self-managed superannuation funds (SMSF). The legislation, due to come into effect ...

Financial planning

A legal technicality in the new SLAB3 legislation is threatening Australia’s 300,000+ self-managed superannuation funds (SMSF). The legislation, due to come into effect ...

Financial planning

Despite the growing professionalism of the financial planning community, advisers are continuing to fall foul of the law. Samantha Walker investigates the fall from grace...

Financial planning

Solutions 2000 Program...

Financial planning

Most dealers make every effort to comply with both the spirit and the requirements of the law. The smartest ones seek to use their compliance behaviour as a competitive a...

Financial planning

Advisers being swamped by more and more paper work may want to take a look at the systems used by the Hillross advisers to claw back more time in front of clients. Samant...

Financial planning

Now that the dust has settled on ASIC’s long awaited master trust and wraps pol-icy, most in the industry are enthusiastic about its implementation....

Financial planning

Question: Do you advise on self managed superannuation funds? ...

Financial planning

There is little doubt that ASIC’s decision to remove one of the last hurdles for fully fledged electronic prospectuses is good news for fund managers....

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