PLANNERS

Financial planning

There is plenty of consumer and legal/regulatory experience, but there are only two planners on the Government’s new Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority....

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Financial planning

Trusted advisers may help connect their clients to philanthropy, according to DSS study....

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Financial planning

Meeting planner needs has become an even more intense focus for the highly competitive platform providers, according to Investment Trends....

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Financial planning

Financial planners advising SMSF clients are overlooking small APRA funds as an alternative for those who want to exit SMSFs, according to John Wiseman....

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Accounting

Financial planners and accountants need to change their mindset and the way they work to successfully service SMSF clients under the new licensing rules....

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Financial planning

The Financial Planning Association wants the Government to ensure planner/client relationships carry the same legal privilege as lawyer/client relationships....

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Financial planning

The FPA has expelled a financial planner member for cheating on his CFP, while another awaited an outcome after acting dishonestly in relation to insurance applications....

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Financial planning

Financial planners and paraplanners who can add extra value to their role will be in high demand in 2017, according to Hays....

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Financial planning

Robo-advice is on the rise but the latest research from Investment Trends suggests it will be mostly positive for financial advisers....

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Financial planning

Existing planners continued to express uncertainty over course requirements under the new professional standards with the establishment of the standards setting body at l...

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Superannuation

There are jurisdictional uncertainties about which external dispute resolution bodies should handle complaints involving planners, according to the Australian Institute o...

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Financial planning

ASIC has confirmed it will be relying on professional associations to administer planner codes of conduct with the ultimate sanction being a planner’s loss of membership ...

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Financial planning

Older accountants and planners looking for an emergency exit from the industry would have to accept “fire sale” prices unless they modernised, similar to the dilemma face...

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Policy & Regulation

The chief ombudsman, Shane Tregellis, has said the Financial Ombudsman Service is never reluctant to call on the expertise of planners to help in dealing with disputes....

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Financial planning

Financial advisers have so far failed to tap into the untouched customer base of around 18.5 million people....

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Interesting. Would be good to know the details of the StrategyOne deal....

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It’s astonishing to see the FAAA now pushing for more advisers by courting "career changers" and international recruits,...

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increased professionalism within the industry - shouldn't that say, FAR register almost halving in the last 24 months he...

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Insignia Financial has made four appointments, including three who have joined from TAL, to lead strategy and innovation in its retirement solutions for the MLC brand....

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A former Brisbane financial adviser has been charged with 26 counts of dishonest conduct regarding a failure to disclose he would receive substantial commission payments ...

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Pinnacle Investment Management has announced it will acquire strategic interests in two international fund managers for $142 million....

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