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FINANCIAL planners with Chifley Financial Services will head to the negotiation table after the group wrote to the planners withdrawing its unilateral change in the plann...

Financial planning

ING will merge its nine distribution outlets into three dealer groups, with RetireInvest the only brand to retain its name and identity after the shakeup....

Financial planning

ANY discussion of estate planning or risk insurance routinely brings out the term ‘holistic planning’....

Financial planning

FINANCIAL planners with the Chifley Financial Services group will head to the Industrial Relations Commission after unions threw their full support behind the planners in...

Financial planning

Who will pay for the costs of implementing the Financial Services Reform Act is a question that has been lost in the noise of the rollout of the Act. JASON SPITS examines...

Editorial

It is said that a year is a long time in politics but in the world of technology and software it is close to eternity....

Editorial

Will master trusts and planning software ever merge. John Wilkinson finds opinion is still divided....

Financial planning

While master trusts and wraps make administration easier, they have also added another level of fees. JASON SPITS examines who gets what in the platform fee carve up....

Financial planning

Exit strategies continue to treat all planning businesses the same, penalising those with true client commitment and intrinsic value. ROB KEAVNEY says this situation must...

Financial planning

Many people will seldom pay a second thought to those people in their lives who provide a service but yet remain relatively unknown to them....

Financial planning

The financial planner of the future will be a true service provider, outsourcing non-core activities to specialise in areas of expertise. NICOLE SZOLLOS talks to three pl...

Financial planning

In the coming weeks more focus will be placed on the end of the financial year and the part planners can play in formulating effective year end tax strategies....

Financial planning

Putting together tax strategies for clients is one area of the financial planning service which may require a helping hand. Technology can be one solution, and a platform...

Financial planning

Last year the industry was abuzz with discussion centred around a paper called Hypercompetition. Now, as JASON SPITS writes, a follow-up report has been released and the ...

Financial planning

Practice management has become a big topic in financial planning and the resources expended on ensuring it happens well in a planner’s business is constantly increasing....

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