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Financial planning

The way planning practices charge for advice will be key to how well they deal with Future of Financial Advice (FOFA) regulations - and charging an hourly rate is definit...

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Top 100

As dealer groups prepare for the new regulatory environment, Benjamin Levy explains the story behind the results of the Top 100 Dealer Groups Survey....

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Life/Risk

A move towards opt-in and a shift to fee-for-service remuneration may force many consumers to walk away from advice about life insurance, according to AIA head of adviser...

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Financial planning

Now is no time for advisers to ease up in terms of lobbying local MPs around FOFA issues, according to AFA chief executive Richard Klipin....

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Policy & Regulation

The FOFA changes are weighing heavily on planners, prompting action by the AFA and Beyond Blue....

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Financial planning

Dealer group-aligned financial planning practices earn slightly less per year than those with their own Australian Financial Services Licence (AFSL), according to a Macqu...

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Policy & Regulation

Financial planners are set to maintain their lobbying against the Government's FOFA proposals....

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Financial planning

Lower costs for consumers and efficient administration were the top two factors advisers would like their platform provider to improve....

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Editorial

While financial planners have warned that the FOFA changes will be significant, Mike Taylor reports that the Government does not see that as an impediment to achieving it...

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Policy & Regulation

The Association of Financial Advisers has demanded the Government explain the actual benefits of the Future of Financial Advice (FOFA) proposals....

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Financial planning

Macquarie Private Wealth has launched a training and education program for its advisers, which the group says will provide support in client service and business developm...

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People & Products

Morningstar Australasia has appointed former Macquarie Adviser Services strategic business manager Nigel Crampton as its new head of sales....

Superannuation

A company linked to SuperRatings has claimed up to 50 per cent of people using a planner want new advice....

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Financial planning

Client satisfaction surveys are better for the advice industry than a sales philosophy....

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Financial planning

A conditional exemption has been granted for Australian advisers to be able to continue to service clients in New Zealand....

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