FINANCIAL PLANNING

Financial planning

DomaCom has signed a third national dealer group to its Foundation Partner program, which has now signed a total of 11 AFSLs that advise on a total of $3 billion....

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Financial planning

Sonnie Bailey explores some of the sources of regulation which extend beyond what financial planners may think of as ‘regulation’, in the narrow sense of the term....

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Financial planning

IRESS will continue to supply financial planning software to National Australia Bank's advice channels under a renewed multi-year agreement....

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Financial planning

People who want financial advice are looking for stability and security - which is exactly what bank-aligned planners can provide them with, according to Hunts' Group dir...

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Financial planning

The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has reported a considerable number of individuals accessing its new consumer website....

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Financial planning

Participants of a Money Management roundtable agree there are too many part-time financial planners living off large books of trailing commissions....

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Financial planning

Melbourne-based financial planning business FMD Financial has acquired two advisory firms - Investwell Financial Planning and Financial Lifestyle Managers....

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Financial planning

For those unable to commit to the full-time 10-week program, AMP has launched a part-time paid financial planning training course to provide individuals with a flexible p...

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Life/Risk

The Financial Services Council has received support from the Australian Securities and Investments Commission for its new framework aimed at reducing churning in life/ris...

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Financial planning

The rise of scaled advice and fee-for-service models ahead of the start of the Future of Financial Advice legislation has made the need to lower advice costs even more im...

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Editorial

The approach ASIC has signaled it will adopt to scaled advice and the best interests duty is a welcome development for financial planning industry....

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Editorial

Countplus has reported a net profit after tax of $11.31 million for the 2011-12 financial year - down 12.2 per cent on the previous period....

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Financial planning

Some authorised representatives of banned licensee Morrison Carr claim ASIC did not notify them as soon as the dealer group's licence was cancelled, leaving them practisi...

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Financial planning

Fledgling financial planning software developers may be able to utilise an advertising funding model to stake a claim in the market....

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Financial planning

John Hewison believes the financial planning industry cannot move much forward until the link between product and advice is broken....

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