FINANCIAL PLANNING ADVICE

Financial planning

Financial planning through banks has been regarded as unsophisticated, product-focused and entry level. But, as Jason Spits discovered, the banks are working hard to over...

Financial planning

The National Australia Bank’s branch based financial planning arm has attributed a jump in revenue and referrals to what it says is a move away from product push and towa...

Financial planning

Investors are less interested in the fees-versus-commissions debate and much more interested in finding an adviser they can depend on, writes Craig Dunn....

Financial planning

There are thousands of opportunities waiting for those planners prepared to venture beyond their own backyard, writes David Thomas....

Financial planning

Freya Purnell looks at the effect of different advice offerings on the bottom line....

Financial planning

The Association of Independently Owned Financial Planners (AIOFP) through its project management arm, The Australian Financial and Career Consortium (AFCC), has picked up...

Financial planning

Australian financial planners providing advice on transfering UK pensions have received a leg up from the Government after it changed tax laws allowing the transfer of pe...

Financial planning

Mercer Wealth Solutions has consolidated its position within the broader group with the appointment of a full-time head and a new chief financial adviser....

Financial planning

The Association of Independently Owned Financial Planners (AIOFP) has changed its membership structure, fees and benefits in an attempt to increase its market presence....

Financial planning

Paul Resnik calls on the industry to bring common sense back into financial planning training and practice....

Financial planning

Dealer groups that focus purely on risk are doomed, or are they? John Wilkinson reports....

Financial planning

Estate planning is a business opportunity waiting to happen, say Jack Houwing and Mike Fitzpatrick....

Financial planning

John Wilkinson covers a mock court case that details the fall-out when advisers fail to really know their clients....

Financial planning

Two Promina owned dealer groups – financial planning advice focused Cameron Walshe and life risk advice orientated Guardian Financial Planning - are to be rolled into one...

Financial planning

By 2007, planners will need a degree in order to enrol in the CFP program, but is it asking too much? Julie Bennett reports....

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