FINANCIAL PLANNING

Funds management

AMP Limited has posted a comparatively modest half-year result reflecting a higher claims experience and volatile investment markets....

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Financial planning

The key to attracting SMSF trustees to seek professional advice was by making them better informed through education, the SMSF Association believes. ...

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People & Products

VicSuper has sharpened its focus on planning delivery via the creation of a new distribution role responsible for delivering workplace education services to members....

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People & Products

OneVue and Proactive Portfolios have delivered a new managed discretionary account offering with a unique structure....

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Tools & guides

Jeff Rogers explores goals-based investing for retirees, highlighting that retirees’ goal priorities in terms of their needs, wants and aspirations in retirement determin...

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Financial planning

The Commonwealth Bank has established a Customer Advocate function in response to the ABA’s banking industry initiatives package in April. ...

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Tools & guides

The superannuation caps proposed in the 2016 Federal Budget emphasise the need for financial planners to review options available to both partners rather than just the in...

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Financial planning

The AFA board has rejected a call from within the LICG for an EGM to pass a special resolution imposing limits to the AFA board’s discretionary powers....

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People & Products

The Paul Barrett-led AZ NGA has appointed Adrian Ashton as its general manager of financial planning, starting today....

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Financial planning

Accountants would increasingly adopt multi-advice models including the delivery of financial planning and SMSF advice as they dealt with increasing cost pressures and cha...

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Financial planning

Applications for the 2016 Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA) Awards have opened and now include the ‘FPA Professional Practice of the Year’ award....

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Financial planning

Superannuation ratings house, SuperRatings, has urged the Government to stand firm on the $1.6 million super cap in the face of wealthy vested interests....

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Financial planning

IOOF has launched an Advice Academy to be run by Dean Lombardo after a successful two-year pilot....

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Financial planning

Vertical integration had become an issue and it was time to rebuild trust in financial services, the FSC Leaders Summit has been told....

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Financial planning

Managed Accounts Holdings has taken a minority stake in a Queensland planning business linked to GPS Wealth co-founder and director, Ron McGregor....

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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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Interesting. Would be good to know the details of the StrategyOne deal....

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SuperRatings has shared the median estimated return for balanced superannuation funds for the calendar year 2024, finding the year achieved “strong and consistent positiv...

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Insignia Financial has confirmed it is considering a preliminary non-binding proposal received from a US private equity giant to acquire the firm. ...

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