FINANCIAL PLANNER

Financial planning

There is little doubt that ASIC’s decision to remove one of the last hurdles for fully fledged electronic prospectuses is good news for fund managers....

Financial planning

It is interesting to see how, despite the temporary dictates of current fashion, certain values always come into their own. Right now “trust” is an old fashioned value of...

Policy & Regulation

Financial planners are in the midst of a tax revolution. The revolution means that a tax-effective structure or strategy used by a financial planner or accountant six mon...

Financial planning

The 1999 Financial Planner of the Year is Peter Dunn. Dunn, sole director and owner of Melbourne-based Moneyplan, is an industry stalwart. In spite of keeping up the jug...

Financial planning

Until financial planners shrug off their sales persona, they will not build trust rela-tionships with their clients, according to a keynote speaker at the FPA Convention....

Financial planning

Every financial planner’s practice is a franchise just waiting to happen. Instead, how-ever, most are so busy working that they do not have the time to get rich....

Financial planning

Today’s financial planners don’t need to be superheroes in order to attract new cli-ents. Or do they?...

Financial planning

All planners know the pitfalls of recommending investments that do not fit the risk profile of their clients. Putting aside the ultimate scenario of a disgruntled investo...

Financial planning

“How do you determine a client's risk profile?”...

People & Products

Steve Blanche has departed AC&L to join MLC Adviser Solutions as the national sales manager, protection....

Financial planning

The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has added one new face and returned three long serving FPA board members to its board....

Financial planning

The changing face of Australia's financial services and those using them has meant the role of the financial planner is greater than ever. As a result if the sale pitches...

Financial planning

“This issue is a huge sleeper and it makes John Laws look like a bloody Franciscan monk.”...

Financial planning

On average, Australian women are outlasting their men by five years, creating an interesting and growing niche market. ...

Financial planning

Migrants can be an affluent market for financial planners, but, it seems, also a difficult one which requires much patience and hard work before it pays off. ...

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This verdict highlights something deeply wrong and rotten at the heart of the FSCP. We are witnessing a heavy-handed, op...

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

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It’s astonishing to see the FAAA now pushing for more advisers by courting "career changers" and international recruits,...

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Insignia Financial has made four appointments, including three who have joined from TAL, to lead strategy and innovation in its retirement solutions for the MLC brand....

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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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