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The amount Australians are prepared to pay for financial advice has slipped over the past year, with the gap between expected and actual cost of advice widening....
Financial planning
Financial planners have welcomed St John report recommendations suggesting product issuers accept greater responsibility. ...
Financial planning
As the Financial Planning Association's 'Beyond the Shadow Shopper' workshops made their way to Sydney this week, the discussion turned to the need for proper record-keep...
Funds management
Two of BlackRock's Aussie equity funds are now available to advisers, the company has announced....
Policy & Regulation
A desire among financial advisers to be seen by their clients as having ultimate control over their portfolios is accelerating a drive towards core and satellite strategy...
Superannuation
David Barrett briefly addresses two major challenges that loom for financial advisers: providing the strategic advice associated with a potential recommendation for a sup...
Financial planning
RI Advice Group has rejigged its financial adviser agreements, adopting a 'practise what you preach' mentality when it comes to fee for service....
Financial planning
A recent newspaper advertisement that equates financial planning with the sale of financial products misunderstands the role of advisers, says AFA chief executive Richard...
Financial planning
ANZ's Paul Barrett says educating consumers is the key to growing adviser credibility....
Tools & guides
How is the ‘bring forward rule’ triggered, and what happens when the $450,000 cap is only partially used at or around the time a client turns 65? Colonial First State's t...
Editorial
Platforms have been around for 25 years, but there seems to be a feeling among some industry players that it’s time for a fundamental rethink about the sector, writes Luc...
Financial planning
New technologies and social media are becoming less of a fad and more of an essential business tool, offering opportunities in key business areas such as gaining referral...
Financial planning
Wealthtrac has re-signed its service level agreement with ANZ Wealth's wholesale platform provider, Oasis Asset Management....
Funds management
Macquarie Wrap has gone back-to-back in being rated first in the annual Wealth Insights Platform Service Level Reporting Rankings, with Colonial FirstChoice again rated s...
Financial planning
Lifeplan Funds Management has upgraded NextGen Investments Lifeplan Education Investment Fund investment products as part of a move to comply with the new FOFA regulatory...
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Podcast
This verdict highlights something deeply wrong and rotten at the heart of the FSCP. We are witnessing a heavy-handed, op...
Interesting. Would be good to know the details of the StrategyOne deal....
It’s astonishing to see the FAAA now pushing for more advisers by courting "career changers" and international recruits,...