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Financial planning

Greg Gunther has a pilot's licence, but has never used it in his work as a fi-nancial adviser in the Darling Downs of rural south-east Queensland. A shame, as the flying ...

Financial planning

Financial planners, investment advisers, accountants, and all professionals who provide investment advice should be aware of the recent introduction of the prudent person...

Financial planning

The recent surge in interest in hedge funds has spread to the retail market with the launch of Hedge Funds Australia (HFA) hedge fund....

Financial planning

A survey by Macquarie Portfolio Services has revealed that the knowledge of wrap services among advisers has escalated over the past 12 months, and particularly over the ...

Financial planning

Former Financial Wisdom financial adviser Stuart John Forsythe has been gaoled for six years by the Newcastle District Court on 33 Aus-tralian Securities and Investment C...

Financial planning

Former Australian Olympic rower Hamish McLachlan has been permanently banned from acting as a representative of a securities dealer or of an investment adviser....

Financial planning

The question “are banks a threat to your business” (Money Management Adviser Feedback March 18) is essentially asking whether banks will be a viable competitor and steal ...

Funds management

The recent surge in interest in hedge funds has spread to the retail market with the launch of Hedge Funds Australia (HFA) hedge fund....

Financial planning

Financial planners, investment advisers, accountants, and all professionals who provide investment advice should be aware of the recent introduction of the pru-dent perso...

Financial planning

In today’s increasingly sophisticated investment environment, it is more important than ever for financial advisers to keep up with new types of investment products on th...

Financial planning

After a week of Wrap conferences, perhaps the simplest explanation of why Wrap matters was expressed by an adviser - “What I like about your business is that it is about ...

Financial planning

The trend towards intermediary-based distribution in the US is gaining momentum, with more than three-quarters of new money invested over the past year in mutual funds co...

Financial planning

Party politics may be holding up member choice superannuation legislation, but it has not stopped a number of companies outsourcing their corporate superannuation account...

Financial planning

Should financial planners advise on direct shares?...

Life/Risk

Difficulties in matching product features with client needs in complex areas of risk coverage like trauma mean advisers should seek specialist alliances, writes Pauline F...

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Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...

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This verdict highlights something deeply wrong and rotten at the heart of the FSCP. We are witnessing a heavy-handed, op...

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Interesting. Would be good to know the details of the StrategyOne deal....

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