FINANCIAL ADVICE

Financial planning

Both ASIC and the Tax Practitoners Board have warned accountants of the potential high cost of not being licensed....

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Financial planning

US expats should seek financial advice before renouncing their citizenship in response to the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act....

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Features

Advisers need to bring things back to basics for clients to address barriers and perceptions of advice like complexity, inflexibility, and lack of engagement, Tim Mitchel...

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Policy & Regulation

Ex-pats are being urged to seek advice as OECD regulations come into effect enabling global regulators to share financial account information....

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Financial planning

Robo-advice should be used to examine investors’ choices and enhance their investments rather than starting from scratch. ...

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Financial planning

Financial advisers were ‘pawns’ in the financial industry to distribute products in the past, but this will no longer cut muster, a consultant firm principal believes. ...

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Life/Risk

Insurance firm, dmk group, has joined Bombora Advice to leverage off its industry position and services....

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Funds management

Australian fintech and wealth manager, BigFuture, has completed a $520,000 capital raising as it looks to build its service capabilities....

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Financial planning

New Investment Trends research confirms that financial advice still costs more than most consumers are willing to pay....

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Policy & Regulation

Advisers could face penalties for assisting foreign investors to breach property ownership laws, under legislation that comes into force today....

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Financial planning

Advisers need to change the language they use to connect with clients, instead of forcing them to learn adviser language, a financial adviser said. ...

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Policy & Regulation

Mike Taylor reflects that 2015 was a year of policy challenges for the financial services industry, many of which will continue into 2016....

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Funds management

Eighty years on, the vision of founder William McCormick Blair still guides the funds management business that bears his name, writes Nicholas O’Donoghue. ...

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Financial planning

Commonwealth Bank chairman, David Turner, says the bank has learned its lessons from its financial advice failings....

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Financial planning

Count Financial tells accountants they are trusted by clients and therefore need to understand the size of the advice pool....

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