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The paperwork burden of financial advisers was lightened late yesterday by the corporate watchdog, who gave advisers the OK to produce Financial Services Guides more tail...

Financial planning

The Financial Planning Association has struck back at Virgin boss Richard Branson’s attack on financial advisers, accusing the flamboyant English billionaire of “swanning...

Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has confirmed it will undertake another shadow-shopping exercise to ensure financial planners are not misselling in t...

Financial planning

The Association of Financial Advisers’ long quest to resolve its designation woes will come to fruition at the end of the month when advisers officially take on its new F...

Financial planning

Women are more inclined to seek professional advice than men when making investment decisions, while the latter rely more than females on newspapers and magazines accordi...

Financial planning

Advisers are not sufficiently educated about listed investment companies and are letting many obvious bargains go begging, according to the author of Australia’s only res...

Financial planning

It may be a job to most people, but business development is clearly a labour of love for Natasha Williams....

Financial planning

Perth-based dealer firm Western Pacific Financial Group will become almost exclusively owned by its collective of financial advisers after divesting two group holdings to...

Financial planning

Perth-based dealer firm Western Pacific Financial Group will become almost exclusively owned by its collective of financial advisers after divesting two group holdings to...

Financial planning

The branch based financial planning network of the St George Bank has a new chief, following the promotion today of David Gall....

Financial planning

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....

Financial planning

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....

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