FOFA

Financial planning

Paul Derham draws on extensive recent research to provides tips to help financial planners sail through their next licensee compliance audit. ...

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Top 100

MLC’s Insurance Income Protection Platinum has gained the highest praise from advisers in Money Management’s Adviser Choice award to win in the personal super risk disabi...

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Life/Risk

It has become ever more important to be a planner’s most-used insurance provider, according to research by Investment Trends....

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Financial planning

Australian financial services businesses using overseas staff increase markedly in six months...

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Financial planning

Practice brokers are sweating on the new Government providing clarity around grandfathering while buyers are getting fussier....

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Financial planning

SFG Australia has officially launched a licensee service model in response to growing demand for back-end support from boutique Australian Financial Services Licensees. ...

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Editorial

Money Management congratulates the Coalition Liberal and National Parties on their convincing win at the 7 September Federal Election. However, in doing so, this publicat...

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Financial planning

Professions working off old stereotypes need to look to future co-operation...

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Financial planning

ASIC has acknowledged an Abbott Federal Government’s intended amendments to FOFA but will not be altering its approach until they become law....

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Superannuation

A new analysis suggests recent legislative change will increase the scope for financial planners to work with accountants in the SMSF advice space. ...

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Editorial

There is more than a little hypocrisy in calls by law firms for people to avoid using bank financial planners, given the reality that the commercial practices pursued by ...

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Funds management

ETFs have hit record highs on inflows as advisers make them a central part of portfolio plays....

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Financial planning

Australia’s growing “class action mentality” and the emergence of litigation funders have created fertile ground for claims against participants in the financial services...

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Financial planning

The major planning organisations expect the newly-elected Coalition Government to deliver on the promised changes to FOFA....

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Editorial

The Industry Super Network appears to have positioned itself for life under a Coalition Government, but Mike Taylor questions whether recent history can be so readily for...

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