FINANCIAL PLANNING INDUSTRY

Financial planning

The political cycle is such that any changes to Australia's financial planning regime will have to be introduced after the next Federal Election....

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Financial planning

Australian financial planners might be talking the talk when it comes to how they bill their clients but that does not translate to walking the walk, according to new res...

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People & Products

AMP Horizons has appointed Michael Pollack as head of practice, effective from 3 May....

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Editorial

Jo-Anne Bloch will leave the Financial Planning Association in the coming weeks, and her replacement must be non-partisan....

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Financial planning

Colonial First State-owned advice business Financial Wisdom is positioning to meet a growing demand for limited advice....

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Financial planning

Fees versus commissions is an important debate for the financial planning industry, but having independent research in the first place will take much of the sting out of ...

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Financial planning

The financial planning industry has been warned that the industry superannuation funds campaign against commission-based remuneration will not be ended if planning groups...

Editorial

If the Financial Planning Association and the Association of Financial Advisers are to merge they will have to work through many divisive issues....

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Editorial

After two decades as a financial planner, newly retired Ray Griffin explains what he has learned from a career in the industry....

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Financial planning

AMP Horizons is looking to attract more women through a networking and information session aimed at those keen to enter the profession or start up their own practice....

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Life/Risk

ISN's David Whiteley argues the FPA's stance on insurance commissions is proof that the industry can’t self-regulate, with commissions leading to unnecessarily inflated i...

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Editorial

The Government's failure to release the Henry Tax Review has angered financial planners....

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Financial planning

The Industry Super Network has paid for new research into financial planning. The research predicts a rosy future for intra-fund advice, but little change for holistic ad...

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Editorial

Mike Taylor warns about the large number of industry bodies in financial services, focusing on AIOFP....

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Financial planning

The Australian financial planning industry is leading the world in education standards, according to Financial Planning Standards Board (FPSB) chief executive Noel Maye....

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