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Three developments over the past few weeks point to a major surge in the purchase of managed funds without advice and a major headache for advisers without their fingers ...

Financial planning

The recent explosion of the Internet and the growth of online trading present two faces of new technology, according to Chifley Financial Services product management and ...

Financial planning

The latest rounds of interest rate hikes and the falling values of share markets around the world raises a number of questions for the financial planning indus-try....

Financial planning

The latest rounds of interest rate hikes and the falling values of share markets around the world raises a number of questions for the financial planning indus-try....

Financial planning

A WestpacTrust advertisement in New Zealand promising free advice from staff trained in savings and investment has angered many in the NZ financial planning industry....

Financial planning

It seems the world’s richest are about to get a whole lot richer, which can only be good news for financial planners focussing on high net worth individuals....

Financial planning

What does it take to be ethical in financial planning? Professor Stephen Cowan, who will be presenting at the CFP conference in Hobart, says it is all about ex-cellence. ...

Financial planning

The Government’s tax reform agenda continues to make all of our lives difficult. Take the new capital gains tax (CGT) rules for example....

Financial planning

It seems the world’s richest are about to get a whole lot richer, which can only be good news for financial planners focussing on high net worth individuals....

Financial planning

The race for the hearts and minds of financial planners looking to upgrade skills and qualifications has turned up a notch with the entrance of a partnership between Zuri...

Financial planning

Financial planners are increasingly the first point of contact for consumers seeking financial advice, according to the latest Financial Planning Association (FPA) survey...

Financial planning

Wrap accounts and master trusts continue to eat into the market share of traditional retail funds, despite recent dire predictions for the future of portfolio management ...

Financial planning

The recent flurry of activity among Australia’s online brokers mirrors the price war which hit the US online broking market about three years ago. Stuart Engel examines a...

Financial planning

Education is shaping up as one of the big financial planning issues over the next couple of years. But the debate has shifted. No longer do people argue over the benefits...

Financial planning

Wholesale fund manager UBS Asset Management (UBSAM) has made a defacto entrance into the retail market by lowering the minimum entry figure for access to its funds and in...

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