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Mercer’s Western Sydney clients will now have access to on-the-ground financial advisers as they expand their team to Parramatta....

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Financial planning

Peer-to-peer investment start-up SelfWealth is preparing to launch two products at the end of this month aimed at addressing “the frustrations” that consumers face in fin...

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Financial planning

Former Wizard Home Loans founder, Paul Ryan, has launched a fintech start-up for financial advice....

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Features

Australian equities have been given a bad rap since the decline in the mining and resources sector, but is there still value there? Jassmyn Goh finds out if it really is ...

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Features

It’s time to stop criticising the industry and use that energy more productively by moving to a tech-enabled, consistent, and client-engaged process that allows client-ce...

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Financial planning

Infocus Wealth Management has announced they are launching a direct-to-consumer advice solution which will integrate both Morningstar data and investment management servi...

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Financial planning

Acquiring customers for robo-advice is a difficult task while making them pay for that service is almost impossible, according to a Melbourne Business School academic....

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Financial planning

Under its licence, Fitzpatricks Private Wealth has aligned with Brisbane-based Highland Financial as it seeks culturally aligned, fee-based advisory businesses....

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Features

John O’Connell looks at how advisers and robo advice could go hand-in-hand, with the adviser looking after planning while the robo advice takes care of day-to-day executi...

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Tools & guides

Raising the question of philanthropy when creating or reviewing a financial plan helps advisers build trust with their clients, and assists in the regulator-mandated 'kno...

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Features

Jassmyn Goh looks at what it takes for advisers to own their own practice, and why it is vital to explore succession planning from day one in part two of this feature on ...

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Tools & guides

Planner allocation to fixed income has declined year-on-year since 2012, but Malavika Santhebennur asks if market volatility and a turbulent share market will force them ...

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Funds management

Van Eck Australia believes fund managers and planners must provide products and services to adapt to a world of market volatility, central bank intervention and geopoliti...

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Financial planning

Advisers’ understanding of female investors is only at a surface level, according to a State Street Global Advisor report....

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Financial planning

A new white paper has called for an irrevocable abandonment of the links between products and advice....

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