FINANCIAL PLANNERS

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Australia is ahead of many developed markets when it comes to the education of its financial planners, according to CFA Institute managing director, Asia Pacific, Paul Sm...

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Financial planning

The Financial Planning Education Council has launched its approved national Accreditation and Curriculum Framework for financial planning university degrees....

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Funds management

Financial planners are ditching direct equities for managed funds, according to Zenith head of sales and marketing John Nicoll....

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Financial planning

The long-anticipated rise in revenue coming from the self-managed super fund (SMSF) client base is not happening just yet for financial planners, according to new researc...

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Financial planning

Shadow shops are comparable to taking a car off a production line and asking a panel how well it will drive, according to head of Lifeplan Funds Management Matt Walsh....

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Editorial

While the Opposition Spokesman on Financial Services, Senator Mathias Cormann, has signalled an intention to roll back elements of FOFA and Stronger Super, financial plan...

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Financial planning

While a number of companies rooted in mortgage broking have expanded into financial planning, it is an area of cultural, regulatory and legal challenges....

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Financial planning

Infocus Wealth Management founding director Darren Steinhardt yesterday stepped down from his role as managing director of the group, with Rod Bristow assuming the role o...

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Financial planning

AFA signals it will be working to align its Principles of Practice with the outline contained in ASIC consultation paper....

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Financial planning

Five financial planners have been selected as finalists for the Money Management Financial Planner of the Year 2012 award....

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Financial planning

With major legislative change set to occur, the role software, technology and new media are playing in financial planning today is unprecedented....

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Financial planning

AMP's Steve Helmich explains what it means to be a professional financial planner and the value of professionalism for planners and their clients....

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Financial planning

Paraplanners usually provide the technical investment knowledge in boutique practices and tend to construct plans from "start to finish", according to Hays banking direct...

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Editorial

The trouble with APES 230 is that it goes much further than FOFA, with a prohibition on commissions and the elimination of asset-based fee arrangements....

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Financial planning

Macquarie Practice Consulting has recommended financial planning businesses re-examine their overall business health, including revising whether their referral partners a...

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