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Superannuation

FPA CEO Mark Rantall rebuffs ISA’s criticisms of Government’s FOFA amendments....

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Financial planning

Recruitment expert says hiring activity in wealth management is currently at its highest levels in two years....

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Life/Risk

The provision of advice during life insurance claims should be part of an holistic advice model but has been largely ignored....

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Financial planning

Equity Trustees head Robin Burns claims planners need expert help to meet increasingly complex problems....

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Financial planning

While the financial advice industry remains subject to much surveillance and scrutiny, the regulators are 10 years behind in bringing mortgage brokers to task, some claim...

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Financial planning

The Financial Planning Association (FPA) will push for more realistic standards and reforms under the Tax Advisers Services Act (TASA) in the new year, including tax-dedu...

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Financial planning

Financial planners will need to spend a considerable amount of time building new models to help their clients navigate incoming aged care legislation, according to an ins...

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Financial planning

In order to ensure their clients are able to fund their own retirement, planners have the responsibility to actively encourage a healthy lifestyle, according to a financi...

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Funds management

New research registers a decrease in the number of wealth management products being obtained via bank-aligned planners....

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Editorial

Nobody should be surprised by research released by major insurer TAL suggesting that people are more inclined to resort to the internet and search engines as a primary so...

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Financial planning

Software upgrades to boost scaled advice opportunities....

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Superannuation

SPAA says absence of SMSF training standards in new RG146 is surprising, given regulator’s concerns....

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Editorial

Carolan Ibbotson has been named BDM of the Year as part of Money Management/Super Review’s Women in Financial Services Awards 2013....

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Financial planning

Convenience of cloud storage overlooks need to keep client files secure....

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Financial planning

It’s time to put the vexed question of financial advice and vertical integration into perspective, writes David O’Reilly....

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