FINANCIAL ADVISERS

Superannuation

The Government's draft changes to limited recourse borrowing arrangements with SMSFs have served to clarify the issue....

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Superannuation

The use of separately managed accounts (SMAs) and managed discretionary accounts (MDAs) can improve SMSF reporting as well as the investment process, according to Multipo...

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Financial planning

As more and more financial advisers turn to technology to enhance their business operations, a new mobile communication platform is helping to improve dealer group busine...

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Financial planning

Using popular social media channels such as Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter and YouTube can help financial advisers win new SMSF business, according to SMSF Academy managing ...

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Financial planning

Using popular social media channels such as Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter and YouTube can help financial advisers win new SMSF business, according to SMSF Academy managing ...

Policy & Regulation

FOFA bills still risk making financial advice more inaccessible, says Financial Services Council's John Brogden....

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Financial planning

SMSF trustees find it "very challenging" to find good professional advice, and nearly half of them believe financial planners are out to sell products to benefit themselv...

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Policy & Regulation

Financial Services Council chief executive John Brogden has predicted a 12-month phase in period for the proposed FOFA reforms....

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Funds management

The Bank of Melbourne is offering a wealth management review to its general banking clients...

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Policy & Regulation

The finance industry has found itself in a similar situation to the financial planning industry around the Government's handling of new legislation....

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Editorial

Although the process involving the upcoming FOFA reforms commenced a few years ago, the reforms package still looks like an unsolved jigsaw puzzle, writes Pam Roberts....

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Financial planning

OneVue has announced that retail superannuation fund OneStepSUPER has been added to its unified managed account platform for financial advisers....

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Financial planning

MLC claims it is trying to improve strategic leadership skills among its financial adviser base by organising a study trip to the United States. ...

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Editorial

An almost inevitable consequence of the Commonwealth Bank's acquisition of Count Financial is that some of Count's financial planners have signalled they feel uncomfortab...

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Financial planning

OneVue has announced that retail superannuation fund OneStepSUPER has been added to its unified managed account platform for financial advisers....

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