FINANCIAL PLANNING

Financial planning

Financial advisers are spending considerable time and resources in developing their client presentation but falling short in the client interaction process....

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Editorial

How much can platforms really help? Patrick Jackson questions the ability of platforms to create efficiencies in tackling the wave of regulatory changes coming our way. ...

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Financial planning

Due to conflicts surrounding the link between product and advice, large parents of financial planning groups should use monitoring mechanisms to ensure the advice provide...

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Financial planning

More than a dozen AFS practices have left the dealer group, with eight migrating to ANZ with others understood to have gone to BT and InFocus....

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Financial planning

Greg Johnson from TAL discusses how advisers can easily use social media to promote customer engagement....

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Editorial

The Government’s introduction of the legislation necessary to enshrine the term ‘financial planner/adviser’ coincided with the Conference of Major Superannuation Funds, r...

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Financial planning

Industry executives are questioning the wisdom behind suggestions that financial planners should move their clients away from investment platforms....

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Funds management

Morningstar’s review of the Asian equities and emerging markets funds space in 2012 has seen one downgrade and two upgrades, with Colonial First State achieving the highe...

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People & Products

Australian Unity Personal Financial Serivces has recruited Ian McDermott as head of risk and compliance to assist the group with the final details of FOFA. ...

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Accounting

APESB scheduled to deal with amended APES 230 approach on Friday....

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Super funds will have to disclose all types of advice-related fees charged to members after the new APRA reporting standards take effect on 1 July. ...

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Accounting

APESB board papers deliver APES 230 much closer to FOFA intent. ...

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Financial planning

IRESS launches XPLAN app aimed at adviser market....

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Financial planning

Sundaram Business Services aims for RG146 compliance for Indian-based personnel....

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Financial planning

Despite reports to the contrary, OneVue has seen advisers flock back to platforms as regulatory changes force them to run their practices more efficiently....

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