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Financial planning

Even well-meaning financial planners may not always be competent to advise on complex superannuation issues, according to a submission filed with the Productivity Commis...

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Financial planning

Planners and accountant profit margins are being eroded and they are fighting to retain clients as they ignore proper business models, Connect Financial Services believes...

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Financial planning

Planner anxiety over pursuing further education to meet the new academic qualification requirements are unnecessary while the benefits will be significant....

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Financial planning

Planners use an average of three systems to produce client reviews and it’s an inefficient non-constructive use of their time, according to Investment Trends....

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Financial planning

Fortnum Private Wealth has called for better incentives for young professionals to become financial planners....

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Financial planning

The Financial Planning Association has reinforced the differences between planners and accountants – something which it argues require different policy approaches....

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Financial planning

The latest Investment Trends research has revealed that most planners are ready to switch platforms in pursuit of better service and features....

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Financial planning

Mentor Education Group chairman, Dr Jim Taggart has called out the Australian planning industry on its communication weak points....

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Superannuation

A superannuation fund member who relied on a financial planner’s slideshow to pursue an insurance claim has been told to pursue the planner, not the fund....

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Financial planning

Australian Securities and Investments Commission chairman, Greg Medcraft has defended helping launch CPA Advice claiming getting accountants into the advice industry is a...

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Financial planning

AMP is looking to China for growth while offering its planners greater access to equity to help drive mutual outcomes....

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Financial planning

Robbie Bennetts believes planners will be acting in clients’ best interests if they provide business owner clients with advice around how to find cost savings....

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Superannuation

Two West Australian planners have backed giving people conditional access to their super for housing and have provided politicians with a plan to achieve it....

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Financial planning

Planners who were talking to clients about super changes should take this opportunity to discuss aged care services....

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Financial planning

Everyone deserves a CFP, according to a new advertising campaign launched by the Financial Planning Association aimed at reaching over 10 million people....

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