FINANCIAL ADVISERS

Financial planning

The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) has announced the names of its first Fellows of Chartered Financial Practitioner (FChFP)....

Financial planning

Professional Investment Holdings' subsidiary company, Associated Advisory Practices, is growing not only in scale, but also in influence among the independent advisory fo...

Editorial

Robert Keavney discusses platform commissions, proposals to merge the Financial Planning Association and the Association of Financial Advisers, intra fund advice, and pro...

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Financial planning

Mark Thomas argues that financial planners must convince their spooked clients that index management and term deposits are the wrong strategy....

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Editorial

As competition in ETFs increases, it is important for financial advisers and investors to know exactly what they are buying and from whom, according to Tom Keenan. ...

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Financial planning

Almost three in five financial advisers are limited in their choice of platforms, and of those advisers, 40 per cent would like access to other platforms in the market....

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Financial planning

The Government has seriously misread the major issues relating to financial advice, according to the chief executive of the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA), Richa...

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Life/Risk

The Federal Opposition is reserving judgement on the Cooper Review recommendation to ban insurance commissions while the financial planning sector battles it out with the...

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People & Products

MLC has appointed Michael Karagianis as an investment strategist in its investment management business....

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Financial planning

Delia Rickard takes control of the supervision of financial advisers while former FPA executive Gerard Fitzpatrick takes responsibility for investment managers and supera...

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Life/Risk

The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) is calling on the Government to think carefully before considering a ban on risk insurance commissions, referring not only to ...

Financial planning

Van Eyk Research chief executive Mark Thomas believes the low-cost, low-risk and limited advice model some investors are now embracing is a 'pup' model that will ultimate...

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Funds management

ETFs finally gaining traction, but few investors seeking financial advice....

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People & Products

Mercer appoints two former van Eyk employees, Brian Long and Luke Fitzgerald, to senior roles....

Editorial

With trailing commissions soon to be a thing of the past, owners of financial planning practices need to ask themselves how much their businesses are worth....

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