FINANCIAL ADVICE

Policy & Regulation

Most financial planning principals have felt the need to reduce costs within their businesses, according to a survey conducted by Money Management....

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People & Products

Former Millennium3 Financial Services executive director of advice and advocacy Sean Graham has joined Mills Oakley Lawyers' financial services practice....

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Policy & Regulation

Rubik Financial managing director Wayne Wilson says the fourth version of COIN is ready for the Future of Financial Advice (FOFA) reforms....

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Financial planning

GBST has released a new wealth management platform that it said is market ready for incoming Future of Financial Advice (FOFA) requirements....

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Policy & Regulation

The ATO has been urged to treat the provision of advice within super equally across types of funds....

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Financial planning

There is some concern in the industry about the language used by ASIC in its consultation papers on the delivery of financial advice....

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Financial planning

Participants of a Money Management roundtable agree there are too many part-time financial planners living off large books of trailing commissions....

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Financial planning

Melbourne-based financial planning business FMD Financial has acquired two advisory firms - Investwell Financial Planning and Financial Lifestyle Managers....

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Policy & Regulation

Learning from the lessons of similar reform in the United Kingdom, Australian financial advisers need to ensure adequate standards and controls are in place ahead of the ...

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Editorial

The approach ASIC has signaled it will adopt to scaled advice and the best interests duty is a welcome development for financial planning industry....

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Financial planning

John Hewison believes the financial planning industry cannot move much forward until the link between product and advice is broken....

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Financial planning

The Financial Planning Association has upgraded its consumer-facing website in a move it says is designed to help Australians make informed financial decisions....

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Financial planning

The Financial Planning Association has launched a new consumer website called FPA Difference as part of Financial Planning Week, which ends this coming Sunday....

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Policy & Regulation

Despite FOFA reforms now being imminent, there are several regrettable reasons many businesses are using to delay addressing the changes, according to a paper from PwC an...

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Financial planning

Promoting the value of advice and improving consumer confidence are some of the main goals of this year's Financial Planning Week, according to FPA chief Mark Rantall....

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