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Almost a year since the introduction of the Financial Services Reform, the majority of financial advisers still believe that sorting out practice management issues will b...

Financial planning

Macquarie Financial Services has agreed to purchase the New Zealand financial planning business of accounting giant PricewaterhouseCoopers....

Financial planning

Planners have to forget about being just experts and focus more on being an ally of their clients, if they want to be in the right position to grow their business. JOHN W...

Financial planning

Credit Suisse Asset Management has added several multi-manager options to its fledgling platform, MasterWrap, after striking a deal with Mercer Investment Consulting....

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Socially Responsible Investment (SRI) in Australia has taken off with funds under management jumping by 41 per cent to $21.5 billion over the 12 months ending June 30....

Financial planning

Liam Egan talks to the financial planner wrapping it up for UK advisers....

Financial planning

Divorce can be emotionally and financially draining. Death is permanent. When the two mix, it can be explosive, especially for the professional adviser who does not act w...

Financial planning

A new television advertising campaign by Colonial First State that pokes fun at industry fees and service levels has left some financial advisers less than amused....

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A senior Liberal backbencher and chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Finance and Administration, Senator John Watson has praised the approach to superannuation by ...

Financial planning

Don’t jettison the basics when you prepare Statements of Advice, writes Lisa Chambers....

Financial planning

Trends in the risk market are set to mirror recent developments in the platform market through the introduction of a wider range of simpler products over coming years to ...

Financial planning

A new report by the banking sector’s chief complaints body has found the number of disputes involving bank-based financial planners remains relatively low, despite a stea...

Financial planning

Sealcorp-owned financial planning group Securitor has expanded its strategic partnership with practice management specialist firm Strategic Consulting and Training....

Financial planning

Financial planners are being prevented from improving the quality of advice they provide and may have to drop some of their smaller clients because of an overwhelming com...

Financial planning

A Sydney-based adviser who has built-up the funds under advice in his one-man business to $120 million over 24 years, has been acknowledged as the industry's best risk sp...

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