FINANCIAL PLANNERS

Financial planning

Financial advisers employed at institutional dealer groups are increasingly approaching independently-owned advice firms for their personal advice needs....

Funds management

The number of advisers and investors using exchange-traded funds (ETFs) is set to grow significantly, according to a study by researcher Investment Trends....

Financial planning

Financial planners need to offer a greater spread of services at a time when client expectations of what their advisers can offer are rising....

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Financial planning

Inadequate consultation of researchers and financial planners at the product development stage is leaving many existing products weaker as a result....

Financial planning

Financial planners have been warned that estate planning is about more than just making a will and that they risk curtailing possible revenue streams if they fail to unde...

Financial planning

Former High Court Judge Sir Anthony Mason believes failures such as Westpoint and Storm point to the need for tighter regulation of financial services....

Financial planning

Moves to plug the awareness gap about financial planning among university students....

Financial planning

AMP Financial Planning has set itself an ambitious growth target for planner numbers through the current financial year despite the industry downturn. ...

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Financial planning

Very significant advice distortions based on commission selling....

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Financial planning

Boutique planner groups say advisers must provide reasonable basis for recommending gearing amid calls for the regulator to act....

Life/Risk

Platform providers must increase the number of risk products on their platforms as advisers look to insurance to provide a greater source of revenue for their businesses ...

Financial planning

Planners told they must understand client grief at losses created by global financial crisis....

Editorial

Forget the fact that Storm Financial clients were paying hefty upfront fees, the collapse of the company represents a catalyst for the Federal Government to act on the qu...

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Financial planning

Nominations open for BDM of the Year Awards....

Editorial

MIKE TAYLOR knows times are tough in the financial planning industry when publicly-listed dealer groups such as Count Financial and Australian Wealth Management report pr...

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