FINANCIAL ADVISERS

Financial planning

The Australian Council of Trade Unions has used its submission to the Parliamentary Inquiry into structure and operation of the superannuation industry to argue that whil...

Financial planning

A national survey of over 500 financial advisers conducted at a recent life risk roadshow by Zurich Financial Services Australia has found the reason behind the underinsu...

Editorial

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Financial planning

The Financial Planning Association has amended the level of experience it requires from its Certified Financial Planner candidates to better reflect that of a typical car...

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Financial planning

Asteron has expanded the number of options available for financial advisers using its Wealthstar platform....

Financial planning

Commonwealth Financial Planning has implemented an internal staff development program that offers Commonwealth Bank employees a career path that will see them become fina...

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Superannuation

ING and self-managed super fund service provider Super Concepts have introduced a new instrument called One2super to help financial advisers provide better services to th...

Financial planning

Investment house Tricom Equities has launched a new service specially designed to aid financial planners in managing model portfolios associated with separately managed a...

Editorial

So much has been written of Australians’ hearty appetites to endure debt in pursuit of property, that an argument that leverage is also a popular mechanism in the equity ...

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Financial planning

The financial planning industry needs to forget about the role of industry superannuation funds and concentrate on the provision of professional and practical advice, acc...

Financial planning

A survey by ACNielsen Australia has found that nearly three-quarters of 3,000 respondents hold a positive impression of the services offered by planners....

Financial planning

Small-to-medium enterprise owners need to be educated about what financial planners do, according to Ross Cameron, former Liberal MP and director of Cameron Research Grou...

Financial planning

Transparency represents the key to the fee-for-service versus commissions debate, according to a survey of financial advisers conducted by Zurich Australia....

Funds management

The globalisation of financial markets has prompted a senior executive of fund manager Nicholas-Applegate to encourage investors to revise their approach towards emerging...

Policy & Regulation

MLC has decided to provide after-tax return results for a selection of its products to help financial advisers give their clients an idea of the amount of money they are ...

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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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It’s astonishing to see the FAAA now pushing for more advisers by courting "career changers" and international recruits,...

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Insignia Financial has made four appointments, including three who have joined from TAL, to lead strategy and innovation in its retirement solutions for the MLC brand....

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A former Brisbane financial adviser has been charged with 26 counts of dishonest conduct regarding a failure to disclose he would receive substantial commission payments ...

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Pinnacle Investment Management has announced it will acquire strategic interests in two international fund managers for $142 million....

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