FINANCIAL PLANNING

Features

Col Fullagar reviews ASIC’s life insurance industry report and finds there are some serious issues in the claims management protocols of potentially all insurers....

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Financial planning

The Financial Services Council has declared its members do not believe they should be made to pay for the financial planning mistakes of other businesses....

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People & Products

Fiducian has acquired the client-base of a retiring Melbourne planner as it continues to grow planning scale....

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Financial planning

The financial services industry needs to place as much emphasis on education on long-term asset accumulation as it does on everyday budgeting and money, CBA believes....

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Financial planning

GlobalData has called on wealth managers to establish stronger succession frameworks for the wealth of millionaires....

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Superannuation

The financial services industry appears united in urging the Government to ensure next month’s Budget does not further delay increasing the superannuation guarantee to 12...

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Financial planning

Financial planners have been urged to dump simplistic advice models and some clients if they want to drive sustainable growth....

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Financial planning

Everyone deserves a CFP, according to a new advertising campaign launched by the Financial Planning Association aimed at reaching over 10 million people....

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Features

Hope William-Smith looks at how changing family structures and the ageing population have required advisers to upgrade their estate planning expertise and how they are em...

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Financial planning

A website has been launched for financial professionals looking to sell their client books, aimed both at buyers and sellers....

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Tools & guides

Marcus Evans looks at super changes and what advisers need to know when dealing with SMSFs....

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Financial planning

Stephen Sedgwick’s review into retail banking remuneration was limited in its terms of reference, meaning it did not examine areas of financial services that have been ri...

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Policy & Regulation

The Future of Financial Advice ban on conflicted remuneration should be expanded to encompass the salaries of bank executives, according to the Finance Sector Union....

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Financial planning

MDA providers faced their first deadline of 1 October to comply with the revised MDA services framework but not many had moved on this, The Fold Legal said....

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Financial planning

Financial technology company, Moneysoft has entered into a partnership with Mortgage Choice to power its financial planning tool....

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