FINANCIAL PLANNING

Financial planning

The CFP designation is gaining kudos worldwide and in Australia as demand for provable expertise and integrity grows, according to Financial Planning Association CEO Mark...

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Editorial

Investing in equities offshore has for the past few years been a quick way to add some negatives to a balance sheet, and even the most hardened investors found the going ...

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Accounting

Accounting and wealth advisory firm Chan and Naylor has expanded its distribution network into South Australia with its third joint venture (JV) partnership of 2013....

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Financial planning

The growing use of mobile devices has resulted in financial advisers embracing social media faster than ever – and at a more rapid pace than the overall community....

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Accounting

FPA and AFA make last-ditch call for financial planner elements of TASA bill to be removed to allow appropriate review....

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Financial planning

The FPA is calling for Tax Agent Services Act (TASA) amendments to be sent off to a committee and possibly deferred for another six to 12 months, following the tabling of...

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Financial planning

AFA chief executive Brad Fox says the AFA will re-engage with the FSC around churn but that the major insurers must also ante up....

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Funds management

Responding to the growing demand for direct equities, Australian Unity Personal Financial Services is in the process of rolling out a direct equity policy for its adviser...

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Financial planning

Financial planning software provider Midwinter has rewritten its planner offering and shifted it online, with users set to use a cloud-based application in place of deskt...

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Financial planning

Only the Coalition in the Senate stands between the passage of the legislation enshrining ‘planner’/‘adviser’....

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Superannuation

Financial planning firms operating in-house portfolio construction functions face having to 'FOFA-proof' against looming operational risks embedded in the Future of Finan...

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Funds management

Clients’ objectives being lost amid pandemic of short-termism, according to Money Management roundtable participants....

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Financial planning

Financial advisers who focus on communication with clients benefit at the bottom line...

The regulator should work to extend the scope of its financial literacy strategy to include an appropriate focus on retirement funding, particularly in relation to senior...

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Policy & Regulation

Planners receiving remuneration based on clients’ gearing instalments may have to adjust pre-FOFA....

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