FINANCIAL ADVISERS

Financial planning

Many financial advisers are talking the talk when it comes to estate planning, but will they walk the walk? Tim Stewart reports that estate planning needs to be more than...

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Superannuation

SPAA has urged auditors to register early with ASIC to ensure they can undertake SMSF audits from 1 July 2013....

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People & Products

Sentry Financial Group looks to retain, develop and recruit life risk advisers with the creation of a new marketing and wealth protection role. ...

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Financial planning

AMP has made a new iPad app available to its Financial Advice Network advisers....

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Financial planning

Planners and other key stakeholders with Australian Financial Services (AFS) have held a series of meetings over the past two weeks to consider the future of the dealer g...

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Superannuation

Will 2013 be the defining year for self-managed super funds? Bryan Ashenden's policy overview discusses the implications for advisers....

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Financial planning

A new survey finds advisers see the Future of Financial Advice reforms in a more positive light, citing efficiency as the most likely legacy of the new legislation....

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Financial planning

Whether you are the adviser replacing a life insurance policy, or the one who recommended it in the first place, you should be fine as long as it's only ever about the cl...

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Financial planning

The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) has announced the launch of its 2013 GenXt Road Show with this year’s theme being The Age of Consumers....

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Financial planning

Some financial services licensees claim parts of the regulatory guidance on scaled advice are still open to interpretation - which could potentially lead to liability iss...

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Financial planning

The AFA has launched its 2013 GenXt Road Show, which kicks off in Hobart on 5 February and will visit Adelaide, Perth, Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane....

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Financial planning

Since the relaunch of the CARM Guided Planning System (GPS) as a free trial in October last year, there are now more than 250 financial advisers registered with the finan...

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Financial planning

The financial planning industry has welcomed ASIC's guidance on fee disclosure, though some argue it should have applied only to new clients....

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Financial planning

With fee disclosure requirements for financial advisers just around the corner, Adviser Logic managing director Gundeep Sidhu says that he is still seeking clarity from d...

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Editorial

Mike Taylor writes that FOFA is already beginning to change the shape and texture of the financial planning industry – something likely to be reflected in a rash of annou...

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