MONEY MANAGEMENT

Financial planning

Guardian Advice is set to provide refuge to a few “high quality planners” from AAA Financial Intelligence, whose license was recently cancelled by ASIC....

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Financial planning

Advisers can improve the health and profitability of their business by getting involved in philanthropy, according to Shadforth Financial Group (SFG) national head of phi...

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Financial planning

Planners need to be careful in how they treat a client's informal partner in their own advice records, according to York Family Law director Nabil Wahhab. ...

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Financial planning

Planners and other key stakeholders with Australian Financial Services (AFS) have held a series of meetings over the past two weeks to consider the future of the dealer g...

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Financial planning

QBE has confirmed to the Finance Sector Union (FSU) that there will be a "series of changes" in 2013 that will lead to job cuts....

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People & Products

Former Zurich executive Matt Drennan becomes CIO at SFG's Mosaic Portfolio Advisers....

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Editorial

Mike Taylor writes that FOFA is already beginning to change the shape and texture of the financial planning industry – something likely to be reflected in a rash of annou...

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Financial planning

Almost all financial advice was scoped to a point, so lines between scaled and complex advice are quite blurred, according to AMP director of advice Scott Machin....

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Financial planning

The news that ANZ licensee RI Advice plans to voluntarily disclose commissions in its annual fee disclosure statements has put the spotlight on other dealer groups' plans...

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Financial planning

Some planners are worried that PI requirements risk compromising best interest allocations....

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Financial planning

The Financial Planning Association's (FPA's) Ask an Expert Week has commenced and will run until 27 January....

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On-going insurance risks have been identified in the Government's proposals to automatically consolidate superannuation accounts....

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Editorial

Apart from volatile markets and investor sentiment, this year has also seen major policy developments, new investment trends and key career and business moves. Tim Stewar...

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Financial planning

The Shadow Assistant Treasurer, Senator Mathias Cormann, confirms he remains to be convinced on the need to legally restrict use of the term 'financial planner/adviser'....

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Superannuation

New survey result reveals majority in favour of treating superannuation funds like publicly listed companies....

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