FINANCIAL ADVICE

Policy & Regulation

Insurance claims handling should not be encumbered by the same obligations as financial advice because it would risk making it unaffordable to super fund members, accordi...

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Features

Two of the major banks may have exited their wealth businesses and two more may be on their way out, but Mike Taylor writes that they have astutely kept the sweetest mors...

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Expert Analysis

Replacing insurance cover can be complicated and fraught with risk. Col Fullagar outlines steps advisers can take to navigate conversations with clients around this and e...

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Superannuation

While making full use of member engagement data will involve the use of artificial intelligence, super funds need to remember that positive member advice offerings will s...

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Financial planning

Fiducian Financial Services has added six new franchisees to its financial planning network, including a significant Wollongong planning business....

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Financial planning

Advisers helping clients with estate planning may need to consider more than they bargained for, with funeral plots and burial rites often causing headaches when inadequa...

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Features

Technology can provide a helping hand for financial advice businesses adjusting to the post-Royal Commission industry landscape, Oksana Patron finds....

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Financial planning

The advice industry can rally from the Royal Commission’s fall-out by uniting around positive stories, according to a Dow Jones executive who saw the US industry undergo ...

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People & Products

Copia Investment Partners has appointed Matt Roberts as its new distribution manager in its Sydney office....

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Financial planning

The Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority has released the legislative instrument underpinning the financial planner Code of Ethics....

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Expert Analysis

As vital as business development is to the successful management of a financial planning practice, it often falls by the wayside. Ray McHale outlines how to complete a br...

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SMSF

The Royal Commission has laid groundwork to improve the financial services sector and build a more trusted industry, according to the SMSF Association....

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Financial planning

The Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority has made some minor concessions around the financial adviser exam....

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Financial planning

A former Adelaide financial adviser has pleaded guilty to 29 dishonesty offences committed when he was a planner, after ASIC found that he stole around $4.88 million from...

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Financial planning

The planning industry faces an obstacle in ensuring consumers are aware that advisers are improving their education standards, if it wants to see the possible improvement...

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