FINANCIAL PLANNERS

Financial planning

Managed account specialists warn that grandfathering needs to be viewed as a diminishing resource....

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Policy & Regulation

The FPA has denounced efforts in the Senate to disallow amendments to FOFA predicting changes will automatically place advisers in breach of the law....

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Financial planning

Improving professionalism in the financial planning arena will be a key theme at this week’s Financial Planning Association (FPA) Congress in Adelaide. ...

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Financial planning

As risk planning remains a hot topic in the financial advice space, Malavika Santhebennur explores the top 10 legal quandaries planners can find themselves in and how to ...

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Accounting

Small scale accountancy practices are least suited to provide SMSF advice failing in their fund administration compliance according to Xpress Super and Super Guardian chi...

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Financial planning

Financial advisers to gain access to credit reporting training after Kaplan strikes deal with Australian Retail Credit Association (ARCA)....

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Financial planning

Dealer group head laments lack of consultation with planning industry ahead of launch of Adviser Ratings....

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Financial planning

Online rating systems for planners have low levels of penetration and produce inconsistent results that will not assist in building trust in the financial advice sector...

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Editorial

Quick fix solutions, often driven by client demand, won’t serve the financial planning profession in the long run, Paul Barrett writes. ...

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Editorial

The men who brought you One Big Switch have now launched Adviser Ratings, but Mike Taylor writes that the devil is in the detail of their disclaimers. ...

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Financial planning

The financial advisers’ register is missing key bits of information, defeating the purpose of the register to make information transparent to consumers....

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Life/Risk

The number of PI insurance providers is likely to grow but planners have been warned that not every service they provide will be covered....

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Editorial

Financial planners gave mixed reactions to reports that a company related to real estate icon, Ray White, would be venturing into the financial planning space but is the ...

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Editorial

Investing in stocks in Asia is not for the faint-hearted given the scope of the region and the range of investments on offer. However, as Jason Spits writes, accessing so...

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Financial planning

Lonsec/SuperRatings data points to value in industry funds more willingly linking with financial planners....

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