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Financial planning

Improvements to advice delivery solutions may assist financial advisers in running a smoother business, but it can also pull them away from their core proposition of prov...

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Funds management

Australian financial advisers plan to increase client allocations to global, favouring managed funds over direct equities, according to a Zurich survey....

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Editorial

A Money Management/Association of Financial Advisers forum dealing with the Financial Services Council’s framework on life/risk remuneration uncovered strong feelings and...

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Financial planning

MLC chief executive Steve Tucker has outlined a 'direct-to-customer' plan, while assuring financial advisers they will still 'own' their clients....

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Financial planning

Financial advisers are increasingly moving away from "one-dimensional" risk profiling to an objective-based plan, according to Challenger....

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Financial planning

Financial advisers around the world are struggling to retain the traffic on their websites and need to understand why users leave, according to communications expert Clau...

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Life/Risk

The three-year responsibility period proposed by the Financial Services Council for advisers to retain commissions on risk policies sold could negatively impact the value...

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Financial planning

To understand the role of social media in financial planning, advisers should look at the fundamental drivers of success in their industry. Social media is not a new conc...

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Superannuation

An information night for up-and-coming financial advisers at the University of New South Wales saw attendance that far exceeded expectations....

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Financial planning

UMA platforms can help financial advisers dramatically improve their value propositions, according to the managing partner of a boutique private wealth management firm....

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Editorial

With every investment management firm claiming it is different from its competitors, Allan Gray asks what it means to be contrarian....

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Financial planning

The financial services industry seems to be slightly oversupplied by financial advisers, brokers and dealers, according to the Clarius Skills Index....

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Financial planning

Risk product features have become one of the top drivers of satisfaction among independent financial advisers, according to the 2012 Macquarie Life Satisfaction Survey....

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Life/Risk

Regardless of the final shape of the FSC's proposed risk insurance framework, significant change is inevitable for the businesses of risk advisers, according to Guardian ...

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Top 100

OnePath has remained at the top of the insurance game over the past 12 months and has again been named Money Management/Dexx&r's Risk Company of the Year....

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