FINANCIAL PLANNING

Financial planning

The growth of financial planning, particularly the top level, is being hampered in New Zealand by the changing face of the advisory industry. ...

Financial planning

The divide between financial planners is becoming increasingly clear cut - there are those who have and those who have not. There are those who work as a part of a fina...

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The penny has finally dropped. Financial planning groups have embraced large scale superannuation and are fighting fiercely for a piece of the rapidly growing market....

Financial planning

Some of Australia’s top financial planning groups have claimed part of a Victorian Government tender, generating one of Australia’s biggest financial planning programs....

Financial planning

SJP Insurance has spawned a financial planning dealer group to house the group’s 200 life agents and brokers. Strategic Joint Partners, the financial planning division ...

Financial planning

At least 50 risk advisers are set to meet in Sydney later this month to develop a co-operative style dealer group....

Financial planning

The changes to the business tax system introduced last year has resulted in hundreds of planners being hit by rules designed to cut down on the alienation of personal ser...

Financial planning

America’s recently formed Financial Planning Association has had a turbulent year in membership numbers, with those leaving almost matching those joining....

Financial planning

Former FPA president Wes McMaster is proposing a student exchange program for financial planning students as one of the new initiatives at RMIT. ...

Financial planning

The number of financial planning and accounting firms being bought and sold continues to grow, yet many practices fail to understand the process of valuation. Kate Kachor...

Financial planning

One of the highlights of last year’s FPA Conference in Melbourne was a presentation by respected planner Ian Heraud. The tape of his session ended up being the most keenl...

Financial planning

The Victorian Government’s call for financial planning services for up to 100,000 public sector super members is the most prominent example of what is destined to become ...

Financial planning

Former FPA president Wes McMaster is proposing a student exchange program for financial planning students as one of the new initiatives at RMIT....

Financial planning

Members of America’s Certified Financial Planning Board (CFP) may soon find themselves out in the cold, following the board’s decision to cut one-third of its current boa...

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