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Financial planning

The use of advice technology by industry funds is not something to fear according to a technology provider....

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Policy & Regulation

The Federal Treasury has admitted it has not done a complex international comparison of the Government's proposed Future of Financial Advice (FOFA) changes and experience...

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Financial planning

The Financial Planning Association has criticised CHOICE’s partnership with the Big Bank Switch campaign, calling it hypocritical....

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Financial planning

Ratings house van Eyk points to knowledge as the key ingredient for the successful use of SMAs....

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Top 100

As dealer groups prepare for the new regulatory environment, Benjamin Levy explains the story behind the results of the Top 100 Dealer Groups Survey....

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Financial planning

Financial planners based in Adelaide, Melbourne and Perth will be among the most sought-after professionals within the financial services sector in the third quarter of 2...

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Financial planning

As the financial services sector braces for major change flagged by the Federal Government more than a year ago, companies within the industry are becoming increasingly v...

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Editorial

New research confirms consumers who use financial planners are generally happy with the service they receive but, as Mike Taylor reports, it also points to how many clien...

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Financial planning

There seems to be a sizeable gap between boutique dealer groups and major institutions in terms of financial planner recruitment this year, as the two sectors face differ...

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Financial planning

The Financial Planning Association (FPA) chief executive, Mark Rantall, has pointed to the fact that many industry fund planners are members of the FPA....

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Financial planning

The FPA has accused the ISN of conducting a politically motivated campaign to drive competition out of the planning industry....

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Policy & Regulation

Federal Government moves to ban risk commissions have been labelled 'poor policy' amid entrenched financial planner opposition to the FOFA reforms. This and more in the l...

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Financial planning

New Roy Morgan research has confirmed that up to half of planning clients are out of touch with their planners....

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Policy & Regulation

A significant number of financial planners believe the implementation of the Government's Future of Financial Advice (FOFA) changes will not only cost them money, but als...

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Editorial

While financial planners have warned that the FOFA changes will be significant, Mike Taylor reports that the Government does not see that as an impediment to achieving it...

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