FINANCIAL PLANNERS

Funds management

Research has found advisers don't fully trust ratings houses that rely on fund manager payments as their main source of revenue....

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Financial planning

A further 122 FPA members pass final CFP program examinations....

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Superannuation

With increased life expectancies come increased health care costs later in life, which can make a considerable dent in retirees' savings and any legacy they hoped to leav...

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Financial planning

Cooper Review urged to recommend the abolition of entry and exit fees, including the take by planners....

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Financial planning

With the industry coming to the end of a particularly challenging period, financial planners have good reason to be optimistic, writes Jo-Anne Bloch....

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Financial planning

The FPA remains Australia’s dominant industry body for financial planners, but in the contest for members it is the AFA that has experienced the greatest migration of mem...

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Financial planning

Research from Investment Trends has found that despite risk advice continuing to be an important part of financial planning practices, revenue from risk remains small in ...

Financial planning

Financial planners may doubt the need for a credit licence, but the new National Consumer Credit regime encompasses their advice in certain circumstances. ...

Financial planning

Equiti will offer financial planners 10 per cent of its property funds management business....

Financial planning

The Industry Super Network claims the Government should end commissions before looking to increase the superannuation guarantee....

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Editorial

As the fragile world economy begins to show signs of recovery, Ray Griffin explains how financial planners can reassure skittish investors....

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Editorial

Edwina Best and Amanda Rethus discuss the importance of researchers to the financial services industry and your business....

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Financial planning

Claire Wivell Plater, director of Gold Seal Risk Management Services, has questioned the need for imposing a fiduciary duty on financial advisers, who she proposes in man...

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Financial planning

Commission rebate services may be perceived as competing with financial advisers, but they can actually help advisers place control over fees back into the hands of clien...

Financial planning

Quantum Group has bridged the gap between financial planners and residential property through the development of a real estate product for self-managed superannuation fun...

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