FINANCIAL ADVISERS

Policy & Regulation

Amendments are needed to the Government's Future of Financial Advice (FOFA) legislation to enable financial advisers to appropriately deliver scaled advice, according to ...

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Financial planning

The need to project the image of professionalism in the industry will present a continuing challenge for financial planners in the future, according to a white paper rele...

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Financial planning

New Financial Services Partners (FSP) chief executive officer Charles Smith has set the pace for the firm for 2012, touting business protection and growth, new dealer gro...

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Financial planning

New Financial Services Partners (FSP) chief executive officer Charles Smith has set the pace for the firm for 2012, touting business protection and growth, new dealer gro...

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Policy & Regulation

Professional Investment Services has warned of PI inconsistencies in the FOFA legislation best interests provisions....

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Financial planning

Fiona Mackenzie presents the top 10 tips for financial planners for focusing on client relationships and value propositions in 2012....

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Financial planning

Market neutral funds provide some of the best investment opportunities, but are too often overlooked in the Australian market, according to research and ratings house Zen...

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Financial planning

While industry bodies support the Government's proposed regulatory amendments to accelerate the wind-up of so-called 'phoenix' companies and claim the issue is not a majo...

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Financial planning

An average UK consumer is willing to pay no more than AUD$230 for financial advice, according to a survey carried out by CoreData in the UK....

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Financial planning

Market neutral funds provide some of the best investment opportunities, but are too often overlooked in the Australian market, according to research and ratings house Zen...

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Financial planning

In an effort to meet the Federal Government's short-form product disclosure statement (PDS) reforms, MLC has released simpler short-form documents for three of its leadin...

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Financial planning

In an effort to meet the Federal Government's short-form product disclosure statement (PDS) reforms, MLC has released simpler short-form documents for three of its leadin...

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Policy & Regulation

The Association of Financial Advisers has warned that consumers are the missing ingredient in FOFA legislation which risks decimating the financial planning industry....

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Financial planning

MLC & NAB Wealth has released a new online tool which the company hopes would help combat underinsurance in Australia....

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Financial planning

MLC & NAB Wealth has released a new online tool which the company hopes would help combat underinsurance in Australia....

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Interesting. Would be good to know the details of the StrategyOne deal....

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Pinnacle Investment Management has announced it will acquire strategic interests in two international fund managers for $142 million....

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