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Industry consultant Paul Resnik has lambasted wrap service manufacturers for failing to listen to ultimate needs of the client....

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Party politics may be holding up member choice superannuation legislation, but it has not stopped a number of companies outsourcing their corporate superannuation account...

Financial planning

Should financial planners advise on direct shares?...

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Financial planners could be selling equities without having to go through a broker within the next 12 months....

Financial planning

As dealer groups and advisers face a spreading threat of legal action from clients, planning sector experts are becoming more concerned about the growing dangers planners...

Financial planning

The whole fees versus commission debate is a non-issue. ...

Financial planning

Moves to bring financial planners under the Certified Financial Planner (CFP) designation have taken another step forward....

Financial planning

Judging from recent publicity and a sampling of the positions vacant columns, demand and rewards for financial planners and associated support staff is growing strongly. ...

Financial planning

Back in December I attended a conference on private banking. There I heard a speaker say the following:...

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A new managed-fund fee structure from BBL Funds Management could potentially change the way financial planners run their businesses....

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The commencement of every new year ushers in new legislative arrangements with the potential to impact financial planning advice. Stephen Manassah focuses on seven legisl...

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One of the keys to growing your business without sacrificing your personal life is to provide a wider range of services to fewer clients, writes Robert Ossey....

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Bank based planners have enjoyed particularly strong business growth in recent years, writes Michael Migro And although this will continue in the year ahead, they face fo...

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As we are still in the first month of a new year, it’s appropriate to wish all financial planners a happy and prosperous 1999. However, recent evidence suggests that such...

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The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) will now ensure that all superannuation funds, including self-managed super funds (SMSFs), which pay pensions are “s...

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Interesting. Would be good to know the details of the StrategyOne deal....

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It’s astonishing to see the FAAA now pushing for more advisers by courting "career changers" and international recruits,...

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Insignia Financial has made four appointments, including three who have joined from TAL, to lead strategy and innovation in its retirement solutions for the MLC brand....

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A former Brisbane financial adviser has been charged with 26 counts of dishonest conduct regarding a failure to disclose he would receive substantial commission payments ...

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Pinnacle Investment Management has announced it will acquire strategic interests in two international fund managers for $142 million....

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