FINANCIAL PLANNING

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Stephen Henshall’s route into paraplanning was through superannuation administration at William Mercer. The change, however, showed him the difference between handling fu...

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Guardian Financial Planning managing director Paul Forbes has been hired by Professional Investment Services, with a brief to drive the growth of its Australian operation...

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As predicted, investment banking and funds management giant Macquarie Bank has raked in another bumper profit of close to half a billion dollars, largely underpinned by a...

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The real story of financial planning recruitment this year is not that the prevailing skills shortage continues to broaden, but that there has been no corresponding rise ...

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Despite contributing almost half a million dollars to its new television advertising campaign, the FPA has posted an after-tax budget surplus of $1.187 million for the ye...

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Perth-based dealer group Western Pacific has purchased a considerable stake in listed financial planning company Snowball Financial, in a move that will give it a strateg...

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Australian fund managers spend a lot of time and money wooing financial advisers with junkets, increasingly complex products and, of course, much-debated trail commission...

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There is much irony in the fact that most advisers can not agree on what a financial planning business is worth....

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At the start of 2003 Cliff Garrels and his financial planning business partner began the process of selling their financial planning practice in Adelaide....

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When Australian Private Capital’s principal decided a shake-up was in order, all the pieces of the puzzle had to fall into place. John Wilkinson reports....

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Expect fire and brimstone and all manner of damnation when the financial planning industry’s new code of conduct on soft dollar payment goes live on 1 January....

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There are some members of the financial services industry whose influence transcends any particular year. They are, and always will be, some of the industry’s most influe...

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So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

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Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...

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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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ASIC has taken action against a Queensland adviser who was sentenced last May for misappropriating $1.8 million from his clients....

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AMP is to launch a digital advice service to provide retirement advice to members of its AMP Super Fund, in partnership with Bravura Solutions. ...

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A former Insignia Financial C-suite exec has taken on a leadership role at MUFG Retirement Solutions as it announces chief executive Dee McGrath will depart after six yea...

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