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Financial planning

Different opinions have emerged about whether advice around equity release products such as reverse mortgages should come from financial advisers or mortgage brokers....

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Financial planning

Boutique fund managers have questioned the results of research released by Datamonitor showing that 80 per cent of independent investors would only buy assets from large ...

Policy & Regulation

The Government has good intentions with the Future of Financial Advice (FOFA) reforms, but the advice industry needs to make sure history is not repeated, according to th...

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Financial planning

Although most advisers are working to improve the public image of the advice industry, the next generation is in a better position to do so....

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Superannuation

The financial services industry needs to do more to cater for women nearing or in retirement, although tailored services and products for women are lacking in general, ac...

Policy & Regulation

One of the unintended consequences of the Government’s Future of Financial Advice (FOFA) reforms may be a shortage of 'generalist' financial planners, according to ...

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People & Products

Macquarie Private Wealth has appointed Natasha Yeoh as chief operating officer....

Editorial

The Government's Future of Financial Advice proposals may serve to alter the legislative environment but, as Mike Taylor writes, new research suggests much more is requir...

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Policy & Regulation

The key lobby groups making up the financial services industry are hoping to see the first draft of the legislation emanating from the Government’s Future of Financ...

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Financial planning

Praemium has included the Macquarie CMA on its Smartwrap offering....

Editorial

The role of licensee payments from platform providers has become a bone of contention in the financial advice industry, writes Marianne Perkovic....

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Financial planning

Richard Klipin takes a look at 2010 and the impact it has had on the financial planning industry....

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Financial planning

New research suggests inadequate competency requirements leave planners struggling with ethics....

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Financial planning

Although it is still early days in terms of the fallout from the Queensland floods, Australia’s financial advisory industry has begun looking into what assistance w...

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Financial planning

A shift to fee-for-service will see a move from active to passive investments as advisers look to justify their new fee structure, according to Fidelity Investment Manage...

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