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Financial planning

New research from Roy Morgan has confirmed consumers remain confused about financial planners, distrusting their ethics and honesty but happy to pocket the results of goo...

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Financial planning

A new report from Investment Trends has shown that financial planners are losing active clients in greater numbers than they are attaining them....

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Financial planning

Existing financial planners contemplating exiting the industry due to the new educational requirements should re-think their options due to the high demand for advice fr...

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Financial planning

Financial planners with higher educational qualifications were in demand for remediation projects, leading to a candidate shortage, the Hays quarterly report found....

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Financial planning

The Financial Planning Association is urging that new external dispute resolution arrangements insulate third-party planners from the misdeeds of licensees....

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Financial planning

A new white paper has identified scope for new entrants amid planner dissatisfaction with existing financial planning and CRM software....

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Features

While the demand and need for financial advice is growing, advisers still feel that there are barriers to client acquisition and that the advice environment is challengin...

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Editorial

What is the difference between a ‘rebate’ and a ‘commission’ and is a different standard being applied to the ‘risk sharing rebates’ paid to industry funds by insurers?...

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Features

An increasing number of Australians are looking to pursue ethical investments outside of superannuation but, as Mike Taylor reports, there is a concern that some planners...

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Financial planning

Financial training programs provider, Mentor Education entered into a deal with Suitebox to help financial planners become more ‘tech savvy’....

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Life/Risk

A new white paper has warned that the Life Insurance Framework risks the loss of a generation of highly experienced planners unless appropriate strategies and supports a...

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Financial planning

The Russian National Association of Securities Market Participants (NAUFOR) and the US-based Financial Planning Standards Board (FPSB) have signed a MOU to cooperate in t...

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Features

Jassmyn Goh finds out what the industry’s concerns and expectations are relating to the new professional standards regime....

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Funds management

Consumer staples, utilities, and non-bank financials are the sectors to look out for in Australian equities in 2017, Martin Currie believes....

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Superannuation

SMSF trustees placed the most trust in accountants ahead of financial advisers, but financial advisers remained the most used advice source by SMSFs despite usage levels ...

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