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Many financial planning businesses have had to put their growth plans and other projects on hold while preparing for FOFA. Milana Pokrajac looks at opportunities lost....

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Financial planning

Money Management has partnered with Tepana Financial Indices to bring you the 2013 Independent and Institutional Dealer Groups of the Year. ...

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Financial planning

Planners are already changing their commercial decisions on business acquisitions because of grandfathering issues. ...

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Financial planning

The so-called “fifth pillar” of Australia’s banking sector, AMP, now owns the two biggest dealer groups in Australia....

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Financial planning

While bank-owned dealer groups aggressively increased their adviser numbers in the last few years, non-aligned financial planning businesses have had to put serious brake...

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Financial planning

More than half of advisers in the industry have been approached by one or more dealer group asking them to switch, according to a CoreData survey....

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Financial planning

ASIC raises the bar on platform disclosures amid concern at increased platform use by investors not using a planner....

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Financial planning

Strategic partnerships between product and service providers and dealer groups appear to be going through a phase of revival with the renewed optimism in the markets....

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Superannuation

Financial planning firms operating in-house portfolio construction functions face having to 'FOFA-proof' against looming operational risks embedded in the Future of Finan...

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Funds management

Clients’ objectives being lost amid pandemic of short-termism, according to Money Management roundtable participants....

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Financial planning

BT Financial Group extends to 150 the number of funds under capital protection product....

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Editorial

As it has become clearer how much capability is needed to comply with the FOFA reforms, advisers have turned to platforms to do most of heavy lifting. ...

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People & Products

Ben Daly has been appointed as Goldman Sachs Asset Management’s key account manager for New South Wales and Queensland....

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Financial planning

ASIC deputy chair Peter Kell has cautioned dealer groups on hiring planners who previously worked for dodgy advice practices....

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Financial planning

AllMyFunds Technology has acquired financial services technology provider InvestmentLink in a move to bolster its scaled advice offering....

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