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Financial planning

Money Management has selected its 2011 Financial Planner of the Year and will announce the winner tomorrow at the Financial Planning Association national conference in Br...

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Editorial

Much attention has been directed towards the manner in which a Parliamentary Joint Committee will handle the Government's Future of Financial Advice legislation but, as M...

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Superannuation

The financial planning industry has welcomed the Government's proposal to raise the superannuation guarantee from 9 per cent to 12 per cent....

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Policy & Regulation

Financial planners have renewed their lobbying efforts on FOFA - but the key independents are playing their cards very close to the chests....

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Policy & Regulation

A Money Management roundtable reveals consensus around rising cost of FOFA and the influence of Industry Super Network....

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Financial planning

A financial planning-focused 'university challenge' announced by AMP in July wrapped up last night, with AMP Horizons director Tim Steele saying the competition had excee...

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Financial planning

Angered by the Government's FOFA bill, financial planners have already begun lobbying the key independents in pursuit of crucial amendments....

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Editorial

The industry superannuation funds advertising campaign reached such a level in September and early October that it prompted the Financial Planning Association (FPA) and t...

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Financial planning

The Government's inclusion of an annual disclosure on all financial advisers in its FOFA bills seriously breaches understanding around the legislation....

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Financial planning

The financial planning industry is in a state of flux - although arguably, regional planners have it a bit tougher in some areas, such as succession planning, financing a...

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Financial planning

The Financial Planning Association (FPA) and Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) has questioned the legitimacy of a television advertising blitz by industry superannu...

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Financial planning

Technology is playing an even bigger role in financial planning. New software developments have a good chance of achieving cost and administrative efficiencies ahead of u...

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Superannuation

The Government should amend the tax system to help Australians build their retirement savings, Financial Planning Association (FPA) chief executive Mark Rantall has said ...

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Financial planning

The current FPA advertising campaign is already delivering improved website traffic and increased use of the online Find a Planner tool, according to the FPA....

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Policy & Regulation

The Industry Super Network has welcomed the second tranche of FOFA and offered help to Govt on developing the fine detail....

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