FINANCIAL PLANNING

Financial planning

While the country ranks well in terms of resilience in ageing and automation as a whole, it is older workers that could be in danger of their ability to finance their lon...

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Financial planning

National Australia Bank has selected Western Sydney University as its preferred provider for two of their FASEA-approved courses....

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Financial planning

Legislation has moved through Parliament to end adviser grandfathered remuneration with the Association of Financial Advisers arguing that there was no balanced consultat...

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Financial planning

Financial services product providers have been urged not to move ahead of the Government’s January, 2021, timeframe in turning off grandfathered commissions....

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Financial planning

The united approach adopted by the Financial Planning Association and the Association of Financial Advisers has been credited with achieving the extension of the Financia...

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Financial planning

Advice remediation costs have dragged down IOOF’s profit but the company remains open to new advice acquisitions....

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Policy & Regulation

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has told financial planning firms it expected them to “keep up” with the implementation of regtech....

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Financial planning

Australian Paul Greenwood has taken out the 2019 PlanPlus Global Financial Planning Award for Europe/Australia....

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Financial planning

Data from the FPA shows an overwhelming majority of Gen Y and Gen Z would be interested in spending more time with a financial planner....

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Financial planning

Some financial planners believe industry funds are utilising scaled advice services to gain an advantage....

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Financial planning

Women underestimate their life insurance value by 125 per cent ($373,000), while men underestimate it by only 19 per cent ($97,000), on average, according to a study from...

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People & Products

Financial planning firm Eureka Whittaker Macnaught has acquired Parramatta-based financial adviser Warren McHattan....

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Financial planning

Xplore Wealth has announced the sale of its 50 per cent stake in Queensland financial planning business McGregor Wealth Management....

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Financial planning

The Financial Planning Association has confirmed the inevitable hit on the Certified Financial Planner designation resulting from the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethi...

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Financial planning

Early data from a Money Management survey has revealed significant underlying acceptance for a convergence of advice and accounting....

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