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The former chairman of the Financial Planning Association (FPA), Ray Griffin, has decided to leave the high profile Gunther Doyle Griffin planning group....

Financial planning

Hundreds of advisers around the country have being forced to quit the financial planning industry after failing to comply with the new compulsory education requirements u...

Financial planning

FINANCIAL Planners could be forced to show in Product Disclosure Statements (PDSs) all the fees and commissions they receive from selling funds management products under ...

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MELBOURNE-based Kevin Bailey has been rated Australia’s top financial adviser under a new system of ranking planners released by the Adviser Ratings group this week....

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There is a saying that old advisers never die, they just re-write their life insurance policies....

Financial planning

Only those living under a rock can claim unfamiliarity with the dismal financial predictions for today’s workers....

Financial planning

THE ASSOCIATION of Financial Advisers (AFA) will join the ranks of financial planning educators after linking up with Integratec to develop a series of training courses f...

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The professional indemnity crisis is hitting the financial services industry hard. GEORGE LIONDIS investigates what planners and dealer groups are up against....

Financial planning

A MAJORITY of Queensland-based financial planners would prefer to listen to other planners and individuals with their own practices at industry conferences, according to ...

Financial planning

The majority of high-net worth individuals reject the financial planning qualifications available from Australia’s major professional associations when it comes to choosi...

Financial planning

THE RECENTLY launched Boutique Financial Planning Principal Group (BFPPG) has almost doubled its membership in its first month of existence since launching at the end of ...

Financial planning

As KATE KACHOR reports, planners are hitting the books like never before as they strive to become FSR compliant....

Financial planning

The Financial Planning Week national call centre has become a central awareness campaign for both the financial planning industry and the public alike....

Financial planning

In the coming weeks more focus will be placed on the end of the financial year and the part planners can play in formulating effective year end tax strategies....

Financial planning

From an early age, Kevin Bailey knew he wanted to be involved in financial services. However, when you’re a teenager and there is no such occupation as a financial planne...

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