FINANCIAL PLANNING

Features

The financial planning industry has probably accepted by now that change is a constant, stemming from legislation, regulation, or the Budget. Malavika Santhebennur wades ...

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Features

Financial planners talk about what the costs of implementing FOFA have been for their practices even as they contemplate the next suite of changes stemming from tinkering...

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Features

Malavika Santhebennur finds out what else is on advisers’ minds other than the 2016 Federal Budget and FOFA in part three of this feature....

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Features

Decisions regarding tax this financial year have a lot to do with the upcoming federal election and possible legislative changes. Jassmyn Goh finds out how advisers can b...

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Tools & guides

Using the wrong words in promotional material can land any business in hot water. David Court looks at the top 12 promotional problem words in financial services. ...

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Editorial

The Money Management Fund Manager of the Year awards reflect an industry which, while not perfect, has a great deal to celebrate. ...

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Superannuation

The Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees has questioned whether SMSFs are appropriately pulling their weight in meeting the costs of regulatory supervision....

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Financial planning

New research has revealed that younger Australians are leading the way with respect to savings and investments while older Australians focus on super and debt reduction....

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Awards

Former executive director of financial planning at AMP Limited, Steve Helmich, has received the Money Management Lifetime Achievement Award....

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Funds management

Cloud-based financial planning software provider, Adviser Intelligence, has signed a deal with investment technology firm Avocado Consulting....

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Awards

Zurich’s D’Arcy Evans was crowned Business Development Manager of the Year at Money Management/Lonsec’s 2016 Fund Manager of the Year Awards....

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Superannuation

Premium Wealth Management chief executive and Australian Unity PFS general manager, Paul Harding-Davis, is to depart the group for family health reasons....

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Financial planning

The advice industry is to blame for the increased costs of stringent compliance regimes and reforms, with one planner saying “we’ve brought this on ourselves”....

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Financial planning

Most people who sought financial advice were doing so at the last minute as they approached retirement, with many finding advice was out of reach for them....

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Financial planning

A financial planning group has had to employ additional staff to comply with FOFA but its principal questions whether the benefits justify the costs....

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