FINANCIAL PLANNERS

Financial planning

Financial advisers have reacted angrily to continuing attacks on the industry by compensation lawyers who blame financial planners for negative market performance and enc...

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Financial planning

The global financial crisis (GFC) acted as a catalyst for many financial planners to change their business models - something that has placed them in good stead as they d...

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Financial planning

ISN chief executive David Whiteley declines to tell the AFA conference what industry fund advertising is actually costing....

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Financial planning

The financial planning industry will once again buck the trend of the wider market and experience strong levels of hiring, largely due to attrition and experienced planne...

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Financial planning

Angered by the Government's FOFA bill, financial planners have already begun lobbying the key independents in pursuit of crucial amendments....

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Editorial

The current global economic uncertainty has resulted in many investors questioning the wisdom of some of their investment decisions. Michael Carrigan explores ways in whi...

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Superannuation

The Stronger Super changes to SMSFs such as auditor registration were necessary....

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Policy & Regulation

Financial planners should have to clearly disclose the remuneration models of their research providers to clients, according to research house van Eyk's submission on dra...

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Funds management

AMP Bank has introduced upfront property valuations for mortgage brokers and financial planners submitting loan applications on behalf of their customers....

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Policy & Regulation

Financial planners should have to clearly disclose the remuneration models of their research providers to clients, according to research house van Eyk's submission on dra...

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Financial planning

The financial planning industry is in a state of flux - although arguably, regional planners have it a bit tougher in some areas, such as succession planning, financing a...

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Financial planning

The Financial Planning Association (FPA) and Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) has questioned the legitimacy of a television advertising blitz by industry superannu...

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Financial planning

The choppy markets of the last few months have led to a 65 per cent rise in the usage of MLC's volatility toolkit since its launch in August....

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Financial planning

Technology is playing an even bigger role in financial planning. New software developments have a good chance of achieving cost and administrative efficiencies ahead of u...

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People & Products

Highly volatile markets and regulatory uncertainty have continued to take their toll on financial planner sentiment, according to the latest data released by Wealth Insig...

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