FINANCIAL ADVICE

Financial planning

The Australian Bankers' Association has warned of the consequences of too much focus being placed on superannuation in the provision of financial advice....

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Financial planning

The Industry Super Network has paid for new research into financial planning. The research predicts a rosy future for intra-fund advice, but little change for holistic ad...

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Financial planning

Big West Australian fund GESB wants more effort put into telling consumers about the value of advice....

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Financial planning

Australian women are more likely to seek financial advice from friends and family, while men are more likely to get advice from the media or a professional....

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Editorial

Bryan Ashenden takes a look at the far-reaching impact the recommendations of the Ripoll Inquiry could have on the financial services industry....

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Financial planning

Consultum head Stuart Abley argues while fee-for-service will benefit the industry, both advisers and clients must retain the right to choose their remuneration model....

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Financial planning

Perpetual warns the Government against adopting a default approach to the provision of advice within super....

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Financial planning

Consumer group Choice has argued financial advice is not always necessary in super and can actually disadvantage consumers....

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Financial planning

ASFA has urged the Cooper Review to separate out advice fees in relation to super and to eliminate commission-based remuneration....

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Financial planning

AIST calls for subsidisation of pre-retirement financial advice and tax deductibility for other advice....

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Financial planning

A Financial Services Partners (FSP) practice has created an education tool intended to help members of generations x and y see the value in getting financial advice....

Editorial

A recent parliamentary report lamented the poor educational skills of 'mum and dad' investors and their inability to critically analyse retail investment products. But is...

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Financial planning

Having proven itself resilient, it is time for the Australian funds management industry to take its skills and experience to the world, writes John Brogden....

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Superannuation

SMSF trustees making changes to their portfolio were more likely to have followed planning advice to seek better returns, while more than half of non-SMSF investors made ...

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Editorial

The findings of the Ripoll Inquiry have been broadly welcomed by the financial planning industry, but as Mike Taylor reports, they will ultimately be diluted by the findi...

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