FINANCIAL PLANNERS

Financial planning

Fiducian Portfolio Services managing director Indy Singh says his company is in discussion with several groups, including a national accounting group, over the provision ...

Financial planning

Planners have next to no education in the area of direct property investment, which, according to some industry commentators, is a serious oversight. Mike Taylor reports....

Financial planning

Not all planners were first educated within the industry. Mike Taylor reports....

Financial planning

The financial services industry has an ‘on the take’ attitude that needs to change, says Rob Keavney....

Financial planning

By 2007, planners will need a degree in order to enrol in the CFP program, but is it asking too much? Julie Bennett reports....

Financial planning

Jennifer Smith explains the ‘what was’ and ‘what will be’ of discussing risk with clients....

Financial planning

Financial planners can do no right in the eyes of the Australian public in terms of the fee versus commission debate, discussion at the Financial Planning Association’s (...

Financial planning

Financial planning software provider IWL will roll out further services with the addition of a risk tolerance testing tool and an online training service for financial pl...

Life/Risk

Financial planners are facing alarming personal liability risks despite having professional indemnity (PI) cover due to an influx of unauthorised foreign insurers accessi...

Financial planning

The BT Financial Group has struck a deal with six dealer groups renewing agreements to provide them with its wrap platform for a period of five years....

Financial planning

Financial services consultancy Prescience Consulting has launched a training company - Jacana Business Momentum - to fill what it views as an industry void in the level o...

Financial planning

AMP Financial Planning is attempting to restore some of the recent loss of confidence in financial planners through the launch of its Client Charter - a feedback and expe...

Superannuation

Super splitting laws were supposed to make life easier for divorcing clients – but as Nabil Wahhab reports, when they are reviewed in conjunction with binding death nomin...

Financial planning

The Financial Planning Association (FPA) and the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) have joined forces in an attempt to improve written communication...

Superannuation

The sad truth is that many clients will not be able to retire when they want to. Mike Taylor reports....

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