FINANCIAL PLANNERS

Superannuation

The proposed legislation could motivate advisers to enter into ongoing fee arrangements with superannuation members, according to a super body. ...

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Financial planning

The Government is wrong in its move to stop people from paying for financial advice from their MySuper accounts, according to the Financial Planning Association....

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Financial planning

Financial Planning Association chief executive, Dante De Gori has pointed to the impacts of increasing regulatory oversight with the cost of generating a statement of adv...

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Financial planning

A West Australian adviser has told the Federal Treasury that industry funds have been allowed to hide behind intra-fund advice and to create an environment that favours o...

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Policy & Regulation

The exit of the big banks and the consequent net outflows from the big institutional platforms is playing to the strengths of specialist platform providers....

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Financial planning

Limited advice documents can help create engagement from clients and better understanding for advisers rather than producing a full statement of advice after every sessio...

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Financial planning

Money Management is seeking feedback from advisers on their thoughts and impressions of the FASEA exam, whether they have sat it or plan to....

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Financial planning

The course would help financial advisers support clients impacted by natural disasters....

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Financial planning

The Financial Services Council has canvassed the imposition of capital requirements on advice licensees as part of any compensation scheme of last resort at the same time...

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Financial planning

The two organisations representing planners operating under the AMP umbrella – the AMP Financial Planners Association and the Hillross Advisers Association have merged....

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Financial planning

The Government’s latest exposure draft legislation around the recommendations of the Hayne Royal Commission suggest little has been paid to the lobbying of the major fina...

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Financial planning

As AMP moves to exit up to 250 financial planning business over 80 planners say they will face financial ruin as a result....

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Financial planning

It is the cost of advice rather than trust that is stopping Australians from seeking financial advice, a report has found....

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Financial planning

Research from Investment Trends shows more financial planners and stockbrokers are looking at gearing to invest as a strategy for their clients....

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Policy & Regulation

Accountants, doctors and other should be excluded from the coverage of claims handling as a financial service and insurers should be allowed to continue giving ‘factual s...

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