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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

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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....

Financial planning

Ian Showman has vacated his post as managing director of Godfrey Pembroke to take up a new post within the Lend Lease group as chief executive of its new outsourcing serv...

Financial planning

Bendigo Investment Services is looking to build from Bendigo Bank’s grass roots base in the bush to a fully-fledged financial planning group. John Wilkinson explores the ...

Financial planning

After much deliberation, the Senate passed the member/ trustee laws late last year which have significanrt ramifications for self managed super funds (SMSF). The March 31...

Financial planning

Like all small business people, financial planners would like to broadcast their serv-ices across the rooftops. Sam Walker investigates whether anyone is really listening...

Financial planning

Ian Showman has vacated his post as managing director of Godfrey Pembroke to take up a new post within the Lend Lease group as chief executive of its new outsourcing serv...

Financial planning

A stock market listing, a new fee structure and a management team not afraid to speak their minds – there is never a dull moment at Count Wealth Accountants. Samantha Wal...

Financial planning

Former Godfrey Pembroke chief executive John Godfrey is in high level discus-sions with media identity David Koch on the possibility of forming an alliance....

Financial planning

Advisor Investment Services has scored something of a coup with the poaching of Westpac’s head of financial planning, Bruce McCreedy....

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