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Financial planning

The key financial services groups are unified in their view that existing planners will need more than a two-year transition to become degree qualified....

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Superannuation

A panel of financial advisers pushed for more education and big hit policy responses that could have immediate effects for women who were behind on superannuation....

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Financial planning

TAL has launched a risk office hub for its advisers, which allows them to access meeting rooms in five capital cities....

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Funds management

Two former IPAC advisers have been recruited by Fitzpatricks Private Wealth, boosting its Victorian presence....

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Financial planning

Two financial advisers have joined Fitzpatricks Private Wealth, citing their interest for self-employment and like-minded advisers....

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Financial planning

Just under two-thirds of risk advisers consider themselves prepared for next year’s Life Insurance Framework changes....

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Financial planning

The majority of financial advisers support the push for higher education standards, Kaplan Professional believes....

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Financial planning

Seven out of 10 people who did not seek financial advice only planned their finances for the short-term period of a year....

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Financial planning

ASIC has urged advisers and licensees to update details on its Financial Adviser Register (FAR) or be hit with new fees and charges....

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Superannuation

The ISA has renewed claims that planners are extracting commissions of as much as $2.6 billion a year as part of its defence of default super arrangements. ...

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Superannuation

A new Money Management survey has revealed most accountants and planners would be preapred to establish an SMSF on the basis of FUM of $200,000 or less. ...

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Life/Risk

The AFA and PFL have named life insurer TAL as the 2014 Life Company of the Year. ...

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Financial planning

Planners will pay more than $40 each to be recorded on the new ASIC adviser register with initial fees set to cost the planning sector more than $750,000....

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Financial planning

Planners urged to do their own due diligence on licensees or risk future reputational damage....

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Financial planning

Documents tabled in Parliament reveal NAB saw no commercial case for pursuing the removal of upfront life/risk commissions. ...

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