FINANCIAL PLANNERS

Financial planning

Paul Derham and Sonnie Bailey share a few mistakes they’ve seen financial planners make over the years and outline tips for saving time and money....

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Editorial

The collapse of Storm Financial and Trio Capital are cited as the catalysts for strengthening the powers of the regulators via FOFA and Stronger Super, but as Mike Taylor...

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Policy & Regulation

A surprisingly large response to a combined Association of Financial Advisers and Financial Services Council forum on the Future of Financial Advice changes indicates fin...

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Financial planning

Life insurance and annuities have become far bigger parts of the revenue model for financial planners, according to the latest data compiled by Wealth Insights....

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Financial planning

As the industry moves towards a fee-for-service model, financial advisers need to better understand their service costs per client and adopt scaled advice solutions to se...

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Policy & Regulation

The Association of Financial Advisers tells its members it is time to move on with the new post-FOFA environment despite being wedged by the Govt and Industry Super Netwo...

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Financial planning

Despite the largest institutions holding almost half the market share, the financial planning industry remains highly competitive, according to a report published by IBIS...

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Financial planning

Even if financial planners don't agree with the findings of ASIC's recent shadow shopper survey, they should consider attending upcoming workshops addressing the findings...

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Editorial

Financial planners should take heart that the Industry Super Network appears to have changed the 'messaging' contained in its television advertising....

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Financial planning

Money Management's new iPad edition is out now, bringing you our best in news, features and commentary, as well as loads of exclusive content....

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Financial planning

Although only a third of financial planners used annuities over the past year, demand for this product continues to grow, according to a survey released by Investment Tre...

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Financial planning

More clients would prefer their planner picked up the phone, while two in five don't even perceive they use the services of a planner, according to a Leap of Faith survey...

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Editorial

Having clients believe that placing money in bank deposits constitutes investing will have a detrimental effect on both the financial advice industry and the end consumer...

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Editorial

If the comments section on the Money Management website is to be taken as a guide, then the Financial Planning Association continues to weather strong criticism over the ...

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Financial planning

The Financial Planning Association (FPA) appears to be suffering a problem with member engagement, according to new research released by Wealth Insights....

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