FINANCIAL ADVISERS

Financial planning

Financial advisers must better communicate the message of Australia's strong financials and get back to the business of providing quality education and understanding to c...

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Financial planning

AIA Australia launches product changes which help financial planners deliver insurance within superannuation....

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Financial planning

The administration cost of opt-in is likely to be negligible, according to Gold Seal director Claire Wivell Plater....

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Financial planning

When selling a financial planning practice, the handover period is crucial and it is advantageous for the vendor to remain in the business for a period of 12 months or mo...

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Financial planning

Financial advisers need to stop clients churning assets quickly if they want to build their wealth, according to US Vanguard senior investment analyst Don Bennyhoff....

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Financial planning

AMP has signaled it will be pushing further into providing financial advice to the post-retirement sector....

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Financial planning

The lowering of concessional contributions caps and decrease in the official cash rate have added to the appeal of protected loans as an end of financial year strategy, a...

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Financial planning

A former senior financial adviser has been convicted and sentenced by the Sydney District Court after ASIC found that he used client funds to fuel a gambling addiction....

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Editorial

Until the final wording of the Future of Financial Advice legislation is released, it is impossible to assess what the opt-in agreements have actually achieved for financ...

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Superannuation

Clients will be able to purchase AIA's income protection product range entirely through their superannuation following a number of product upgrades announced by the insur...

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Superannuation

One of the headline announcements in the 2012-13 Federal Budget affecting SMSFs was regarding contribution caps. Dan Butler and Nathan Papson explore this announcement, a...

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Editorial

Mike Taylor writes that the Government’s FOFA process has finally produced a genuinely positive outcome in the St John report’s clear analysis of the need for financial p...

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Financial planning

ANZ Wealth has rationalised its research contracts, with Mercer now the major provider of investment research and consulting services for its Australian Wealth and Privat...

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Tools & guides

MLC's Gemma Dale outlines the issues financial advisers need to consider before and after 30 June to help clients maximise opportunities and avoid costly mistakes....

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Financial planning

Adherence to the FPA's code of conduct should not be difficult and would prevent any financial adviser being penalised by FOS, the Ombudsman has confirmed....

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