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The last six months have seen the emergence of a new crop of buyers with in-house products, according to financial planning practice broker Stephen Prendeville....

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Financial planning

A general consensus has emerged that many dealer groups will have to change commercial models as a result of the new conflicted remuneration rules....

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Financial planning

With next week’s FOFA event having sold out, Money Management is now offering a webstream....

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Financial planning

The industry has welcomed a Treasury draft detailing grandfathering and a transition time to 1 July, 2014....

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Financial planning

While the 'hard' implementation date for the Future of Financial Advice (FOFA) regulation is 1 July 2013, one financial planner has been voluntarily complying with the re...

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Superannuation

With constant regulatory change impacting on the superannuation sector, financial planners are finding it difficult to focus on clients’ retirement needs, writes Bela Moo...

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Financial planning

Risk advisers with old portfolios need to go through their client bases and dig out any investment income, according The Risk Store founder Sue Laing....

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Financial planning

The FPA remains a strong supporter of a complete ASIC-approved code of conduct, while the AFA claims an “opt-in specific” code would provide more freedom to financial pla...

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Financial planning

Kathryn Wardrobe outlines the steps for preparing your fee disclosure statement (FDS)....

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Financial planning

The regulator has provided a checklist of code content that would obviate the need for complying with opt-in....

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Financial planning

The number of merged practices deciding to end their relationships will continue to increase in the months ahead due to the lack of clear conflict resolution arrangements...

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Financial planning

In what promises to be one of the most comprehensive debates around the shape of the financial planning industry in a Federal election year, Money Management has joined w...

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Editorial

SFG Australia has reported a $2.9 million decrease in NPAT for the first half of the financial year, but pointed to the solid underlying result....

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Editorial

It is now nearly a month since the Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, announced that the 2013 Federal Election would be held on 14 September – and despite her suggestions to ...

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Financial planning

Following "somewhat ambiguous" statements on grandfathering in Consultation Paper 189, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) is set to release an up...

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