FINANCIAL PLANNING

Financial planning

There will be no immediate change for advisers and clients of the Tynan Mackenzie group which will soon be integrated under the ipac brand, AMP has announced....

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Financial planning

Boutique planners need to develop a specialised business model in order to compete against "mass service providers", says Next Step Financial Strategies partner Neil Whit...

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Financial planning

Whilst huge winds of change batter the investment and regulatory environment, a fundamental shift in the way consumers interact with technology is altering the nature of ...

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Financial planning

The FPA rewards its top financial planners with the announcement of the 2012 Best Practice Award winners in Melbourne....

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Superannuation

SMSF appetite for property continues to grow, but the lack of any minimum professional standards for property investment advisers requires serious consideration from the ...

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Financial planning

Australia is ahead of many developed markets when it comes to the education of its financial planners, according to CFA Institute managing director, Asia Pacific, Paul Sm...

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Financial planning

The Financial Planning Education Council has launched its approved national Accreditation and Curriculum Framework for financial planning university degrees....

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Financial planning

Retail investment research house van Eyk has announced it will look to build on its in-house retail financial advice offering, which was established earlier this year....

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Funds management

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has released an updated investor guide on unlisted property schemes, urging investors to seek financial advice...

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Financial planning

Equip Super Financial Planning is expanding its offering to include self-managed super fund advice for its superannuation members....

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Financial planning

Premium Wealth Management has added Boston Private Wealth to its dealer group, the third Queensland-based practice to join the group this year....

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Financial planning

Former Guardian Financial Planning financial adviser Susan Heathwood has been handed two suspended prison sentences after pleading guilty to two charges of dishonest cond...

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Financial planning

Synchron director Don Trapnell has called the FSC's proposed adviser remuneration model anti-competitive....

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Editorial

Mike Taylor writes that codes of conduct are only effective when those who sign up genuinely appreciate the consequences that follow a breach....

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Funds management

Financial planners are ditching direct equities for managed funds, according to Zenith head of sales and marketing John Nicoll....

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Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...

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This verdict highlights something deeply wrong and rotten at the heart of the FSCP. We are witnessing a heavy-handed, op...

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Interesting. Would be good to know the details of the StrategyOne deal....

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SuperRatings has shared the median estimated return for balanced superannuation funds for the calendar year 2024, finding the year achieved “strong and consistent positiv...

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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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The FAAA has secured CSLR-related documents under the FOI process, after an extended four-month wait, which show little analysis was done on how the scheme’s cost would a...

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