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Nearly three quarters of financial planners are selling or recommending life and risk products, according to a survey commissioned by ING....

Financial planning

Colonial First State is throwing its financial weight behind Australian financial planning technology developer Avanteos....

Financial planning

Semantics aside, there is a real difference between financial advice and financial planning. Tom Collins discusses the factors driving financial planners to take another ...

Financial planning

Semantics aside, there is real difference between financial advice and financial planning. Tom Collins discusses the factors driving financial planners to take another lo...

Financial planning

Fund managers have picked up a large slice of the distribution available in the rush to get product under the noses of planners and clients but a number have chosen not t...

Financial planning

Adviser shareholders in AustChoice will be sharing more than $500,000 of dividends as a result of strong profits achieved during its half-year results....

Financial planning

Adviser shareholders in AustChoice will be sharing more than $500,000 of dividends as a result of strong profits achieved during its half-year results....

Financial planning

ING’s financial planners will be able to move further into the realm of life and risk insurance after a software deal was signed by ING and PlanTech Consulting....

Financial planning

The ASX is playing down reports that it is proposing to make thousands of managed funds available directly to investors....

Editorial

Wealthpoint has recorded mixed results for its first profit statement since the company changed its name....

Superannuation

The Financial Planning Association (FPA) is pushing once again for a major review of Australia’s retirement income regime to be included in this year’s budget....

Funds management

Hedge Funds of Australia (HFA) has developed software to help advisers explain to their clients the impact of using hedge funds on their portfolio....

Financial planning

Many are viewed as being vulnerable. Or the weak link of the financial planning industry. However, for many younger practices in the running for podium standing, being th...

Financial planning

APIR Certificates has unveiled a smart card it hopes to establish as the standard online security device for the financial services industry....

Funds management

When planners generally talk about their own niche markets, they often refer to some people at some point in their life stage, like retirees or high net worth executives....

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ASIC has suspended the Australian Financial Services Licence of a Melbourne-based financial advice firm....

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ASIC has released the results of its first adviser exam to be held in 2025, with 241 candidates attempting the test....

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