FINANCIAL PLANNING

Financial planning

Latest figures from Radar Results indicate risk clients under 50 are a planner’s most valuable asset....

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Funds management

New US research points to growth in self-directed investment and how firms are positioning themselves....

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Financial planning

New research suggests planners are finding 2013 profitable despite the impact of legislative change and continuing market uncertainty....

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Financial planning

The FOFA and fee-for-service regimes are teaching planners how to chase bad debts....

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Financial planning

Ratings house van Eyk has completed the purchase of NZ-based Perpetual Asset Management and Perpetual Portfolio Management, the sale of which was first announced in Janua...

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People & Products

Former S&P director of fund services Jeff Mitchell has joined Australian Unity Personal Financial Services as head of investment research....

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Funds management

Australians who lost money investing in the now-collapsed LM First Mortgage Income Fund have limited opportunity to recoup losses due to bad advice, Slater & Gordon has w...

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Superannuation

SMSF administrator Sundaram will train up to a third of its India-based staff in RG146 as the firm picks up more Australian clients....

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Financial planning

AFA has launched a new initiative to “connect and support” females across the financial advice industry....

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Financial planning

Financial planners who fail to report suspicious client activity can wind up facing prosecution down the track, according to Minter Ellison partner Richard Batten....

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People & Products

Elders Financial Planning has appointed Albert Di Sabatino as regional manager, west, as it grows its presence in the Western Australia region....

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Financial planning

The number of so-called “traditional” financial planners will decrease, with real growth to be seen in the risk specialist space, says Mercer advice head Jo-Anne Bloch....

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Financial planning

If a financial planner dies without a succession plan in place, their spouse is vulnerable to ‘firesale’ offers to buy the practice, according to Pavuk Legal executive pr...

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Financial planning

New research suggests financial planner sentiment has returned to levels not seen since before the global financial crisis....

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Life/Risk

FSC chief executive John Brogden has once again called upon the life insurance industry to heed ASIC’s warning and self-regulate on churn while it can....

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Original bidder Bain Capital, which saw its first offer rejected in December, has returned with a revised bid for Insignia Financial....

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