FINANCIAL ADVICE

Financial planning

Westpac has rejected separately labelling institutionally-aligned financial planners, stating FOFA is an appropriate standard for all advisers....

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Superannuation

A huge bulk of super fund members want advice from their super fund providers to bridge their lack of understanding of the super system....

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Editorial

Fiducian looks to grow on back of solid result and changes in the financial planning space....

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Financial planning

Consumers are unlikely to understand the term ‘independent advice’ and its use will help in the management of conflicts of interest according to KPMG....

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Financial planning

Financial advice is crucial in helping retirees meet their retirement income goals, ASFA said....

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Financial planning

Financial services business broker claims things have changed and some baby boomer planners should consider their exit strategy....

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Financial planning

Consumer advocate group CHOICE has called for more stringency around financial advice conflicts of interest, such as asset-based fees....

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Financial planning

Consumer advocate group CHOICE has called for more stringency around financial advice conflicts of interest, such as asset-based fees. ...

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Policy & Regulation

Chan and Naylor’s David Hasib claims conflicted remuneration is still a problem for the planning industry with too many noses in the trough....

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Financial planning

Efforts by the Commonwealth Bank, AMP and NAB/MLC to lift planners’ educational and ethical standards have been lauded by the FPA as evidence its drive towards industry p...

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Financial planning

The FPA is using its annual Financial Planning Week to try and change consumer perceptions that financial planners are only for the affluent....

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Financial planning

The financial planning industry has illustrated “inappropriate levels of quality” going back more than a decade, ASIC said....

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Financial planning

ASIC will investigate former financial advisers with the Macquarie group which is to contact 160,000 clients who received advice over the past decade about the possible p...

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Financial planning

As consumers get savvier and more sceptical of financial advice, advisers have to fight harder than ever to justify their value proposition, but the smarter ones still ha...

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Superannuation

The ISA claims vertical integration and FOFA changes pose risks to fair default fund regime....

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