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Industry Funds Services Financial Planning acknowledges that it has conflicts of interest, but it doesn’t see them as a problem....

Financial planning

Post-retirement incomes for the bulk of Australians over 65 will fall well short of desired levels over the next decade unless reverse mortgages are used to supplement th...

Financial planning

Many a financial planner would have spat out their coffee last June when news of the biggest potential shake-up of financial planning education landed on their desk. A sm...

Financial planning

Increasing inflows through financial planners will play a vital role as AMP attempts to double in size over the next five years, chief executive Andrew Mohl said today....

Financial planning

Australia has long been known as the world’s largest exporter of beef, but we are increasingly being globally recognised for our brains. According to research by Austrade...

Financial planning

In 2007, the Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA) will set a global precedent by requiring all advisers wishing to gain its senior qualification, Certified F...

Financial planning

The recent ruling by the Australian Taxation Office allowing financial planners to give tax advice has blurred the roles of accountants and advisers even further. In the ...

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Listed financial planning group Snowball had upgraded its profit forecast for the second time in a month, reporting today that it was on course to register a $1 million r...

Financial planning

Financial advisers are failing to take advantage of the opportunities available to do business online, with a new survey showing that the majority of websites set up by f...

Financial planning

Demand for both financial planners and paraplanners continues to increase, with the introduction of choice of fund driving the recruitment of salaried advisers, according...

Financial planning

The Financial Planning Association is attributing a rebound in its financial position to a successful 2004 Annual Convention....

Financial planning

Poor business practices are causing financial planners to bleed tens of thousands of dollars in potential profits every year....

Financial planning

AMP Financial Planning has beefed up its adviser support network by adding an extra 70 in-house staffers....

Financial planning

The Tasmanian State Government has become an unlikely bidder for financial planners’ direct equity business, through its backing of a new service called investmentadviser...

Financial planning

A client’s divorce can be a financial planning opportunity, as long as you can avoid the minefields. Liam Egan reports...

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