FINANCIAL PLANNERS

Financial planning

The FPA’s CFP program enrolment rate jumped 200 per cent compared to previous enrolment numbers....

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Financial planning

Planners will pay more than $40 each to be recorded on the new ASIC adviser register with initial fees set to cost the planning sector more than $750,000....

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Financial planning

Many non-aligned advisers are struggling to justify the cost of investing in platforms, highlighting the need for tailored solutions, according to the managing director o...

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Financial planning

Futuro Financial Services revamps planner fee structure to promote more efficient operations....

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Accounting

Accounting firm HLB Mann Judd will seek to service high net worth Asian investors after setting up a firm dedicated to clients from the region...

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Financial planning

The fall-out from NAB’s planning issues may be adoption of a recommendation for a compulsory planner reference-checking regime....

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Financial planning

The bad news regarding planners will be forgotten with falling numbers indicative of cultural change according to AFA national president Deborah Kent....

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Financial planning

PJC chairman, Senator David Fawcett points to evolving model for financial planning....

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Financial planning

Politicians from all sides of politics want planners’ education standard lifted to stop “cowboys and shysters” from providing inappropriate advice....

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Financial planning

Professional indemnity insurance for financial planners will not fall in price as insurers remain cautious about the advice and wealth management sectors...

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Editorial

Former FPA chairman, Matthew Rowe argues that the changing dynamics impacting the financial planning industry makes it inevitable that some organisations will wither and ...

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Financial planning

A former NAB executive will launch an online entry level advisory service aimed at consumers who do not require comprehensive advice or fall outside typical the client ty...

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Accounting

Financial planners are buying up accounting practices as a cheap source of new clients, according to financial services mergers and acquisitions specialists Radar Results...

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Financial planning

The FPA’s Matthew Rowe has questioned the survivability of a number of financial planning organisations....

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Financial planning

Baby boomers will be the last generation focused on financial advice with planners needing to convince people to take up advice while also introducing new blood into thei...

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