FINANCIAL PLANNING

Financial planning

The National Consumer Credit Protection Act has opened up opportunities for brokers to sell risk products. Janine Mace reports....

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Financial planning

Legal experts believe the Government's proposed opt-in reform will be challenged due to a potential clash with current contract law....

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Editorial

The Minister for Financial Services, Billl Shorten, knows as well as anyone else in the financial services sector that the IFAAA is a minnow. Thus his recent comments mus...

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Financial planning

Tax is an integral part of a client's financial affairs - particularly in relation to superannuation - so financial advisers need to regularly discuss it with clients. Ja...

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Editorial

The skills learned as a paraplanner are vital when making the career change to financial advice, writes Mark Larmour....

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Financial planning

In order to attract more mortgage brokers under its umbrella, Wealth Today has promised coaching and mentoring services for new entrants to financial planning - as well a...

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Editorial

Scott Machin explains how scoped advice is bringing financial advice within the reach of all Australians....

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Financial planning

The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has reassured its members that its proposed strategic plan will address member discontent with several aspects of the FPA’s polic...

Financial planning

The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has invited three delegates from a newly formed group of financial planning academics to be part of its Education Council. The de...

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Financial planning

Gold Coast financial planning practice Wealth Vision has achieved much of what the Future of Financial Advice reforms are designed to achieve: greater access to affordabl...

Financial planning

MLC has launched a new program called Pathway to Advice Excellence to help prospective financial planners start out in the industry....

Financial planning

A panel of senior financial planners has warned that ‘opt-in’ will drive up costs and abrogate the fundamental relationship between advisers and clients....

Financial planning

Fiducian grows planner numbers and looks to SMSF administration service....

Editorial

With the Gillard Government believed certain to impose client 'opt in' arrangements on financial planners, Mike Taylor writes that some serious questions are being asked ...

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Financial planning

Superannuation funds find it difficult to communicate with members on an opt-in basis....

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