FINANCIAL ADVISERS

Superannuation

Only two in five Australians currently receive qualified financial advice, according to a recent survey conducted by the Financial Planning Association....

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Financial planning

ASIC will impose additional licence conditions on Moneywise Securities following concerns around some of the advice provided to clients. ...

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Editorial

Just days will separate two key conferences aimed at financial planners and advisers next month, but Mike Taylor writes that success or failure will not be judged solely ...

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Financial planning

Advisers will have to disclose a number of specific facts when providing SMSF advice, such as lack of compensation arrangements and costs associated with running a self-m...

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Financial planning

With obtaining and maintaining professional indemnity insurance cover one of the key challenges confronting planners, Money Management and Lawyers Weekly have combined to...

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Financial planning

A new ASIC survey reveals investors and consumers are largely sceptical when it comes to the integrity of financial advisers, while some of the other industry gatekeepers...

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Superannuation

A new analysis suggests recent legislative change will increase the scope for financial planners to work with accountants in the SMSF advice space. ...

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Financial planning

The FPA’s Ask an Expert initiative received more than 90 requests this year, which points to a stronger-than-ever need for financial advice, the association says....

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Financial planning

Investor worries about financial markets are under control while market return expectations have jumped, writes Recep Peker....

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Financial planning

Platforms, financial advisers and clients alike are about to be swept along by the impact of technological innovation on platforms, as Kelly Power explains. ...

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Financial planning

Independent research into some of the issues confronting advisers who take the plunge “off-platform” also identifies occasions when it makes sense to move, writes Linda E...

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Financial planning

A soundly-based adviser/client relationship offering real value will ultimately withstand clients’ disappointment with negative fluctuations on the share market, writes R...

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Financial planning

Australia’s growing “class action mentality” and the emergence of litigation funders have created fertile ground for claims against participants in the financial services...

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Financial planning

The major planning organisations expect the newly-elected Coalition Government to deliver on the promised changes to FOFA....

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Financial planning

The Fold Legal launches three new online learning modules in its Financial Advice Series....

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