FINANCIAL PLANNER

Financial planning

Industry research tells us that more and more people are turning to financial planners – but what do clients really think of their advisers? David Chaplin investigates....

Superannuation

Zurich Financial Services has added an interactive e-mail component to its web site but has stated it will not use the service to provide advice or sell products. Superan...

Financial planning

Continuing Tax Office crack-downs on self employed and sub contractors will have a marked impact on self employed service providers such as financial planners this financ...

Financial planning

Financial planning in South Africa has a history as long as financial planning in Australia – and despite the country’s political problems, business is booming. In the fo...

Financial planning

Consumer demand for quality financial advice will outstrip supply within five years, according to Zurich national manager, business development, Bob Ossey. Speaking at ...

Financial planning

When Australian financial planner Cameron Knox was 24, an English financial planning company specialising in the expatriate market sent him to help look after the financi...

Financial planning

The financial services industry’s current obsession with star ratings opens up a can of worms for consumers and the industry....

Financial planning

Fund manager, Armstrong Jones (AJ) has continued its incredible run in one of the New Zealand industry's top awards programs, racking up the Morningstar Fund Manager of t...

Financial planning

On just about any criteria, the Financial Planning Association (FPA) has been a very successful trade and professional association. In little over ten years, it has put f...

Financial planning

The recent explosion of the Internet and the growth of online trading present two faces of new technology, according to Chifley Financial Services product management and ...

Financial planning

I have been interested in some of the comments made by the press and by even some areas of the financial services industry about the quality of financial planners....

Financial planning

Awareness of the Internet is now widespread throughout the financial services industry as is the volume of information which comes with the new medium....

Superannuation

A legal technicality in the new SLAB3 legislation is threatening Australia’s 300,000+ self-managed superannuation funds (SMSF). The legislation, due to come into effect ...

Financial planning

A legal technicality in the new SLAB3 legislation is threatening Australia’s 300,000+ self-managed superannuation funds (SMSF). The legislation, due to come into effect ...

Financial planning

Despite the growing professionalism of the financial planning community, advisers are continuing to fall foul of the law. Samantha Walker investigates the fall from grace...

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