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Financial planning

ING Australia’s small cap equity team has been poached by BT, marking yet another blow to ING’s track record in retaining senior staff....

Financial planning

Nil-entry-fee option for Colonial

Colonial First State Investments has introduced a nil-entry-fee pricing structure for its investment products, giving investors the option to pay no up front application ...

Financial planning

Mawson restructures after record year

Financial planning dealer group Mawson Securities will restructure its operations and management after announcing it has boosted its financial planning numbers by 50 per ...

Financial planning

Distribution channels hold key for planners going solo

Over the past five years, the acquisition by banks and insurance companies of independent financial planning groups has become common market activity. These acquisitions ...

Financial planning

Doing it yourself may be doing it hard

More Australians than ever before are taking control of investing their own super, leading to a rapid rise in the number of self-managed superannuation funds....

Financial planning

Get paid three times for your work

Get paid three times for your workMost people work for income, that is their only remuneration. They get paid once for exchanging the hours of their life or a salary or w...

Financial planning

Clients deserve to know how you are paid

The issue of planner renumeration is one which has been at the centre of debate for quite some time. Most planners with some time in the industry will be aware that the s...

Superannuation

ASIC and super win under Conroy’s plan

The Financial Services sector would notice little immediate difference if the Australian Labor Party took office after November 10. Why? Because the ALP believes that the...

Financial planning

Industry should clamp down on accepted wrong practices

In recent weeks the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has been particularly active in the prosecution of its duties in the financial services indust...

Financial planning

Employee equity product hits shores

NSP Buck has unleashed a new consulting division looking after employee equity participation....

Financial planning

Zurich releases super product on web

Zurich Financial Services has announced it will offer a web based investment product which offers superannuation and personal investments in the same package....

Financial planning

Succession – often mentioned rarely realised

In my view, financial planning practices are concerned about succession but have trouble accepting the changes they need to make to their business to allow a smooth and r...

Financial planning

Fee for no service

While up-front commissions are facing virtual extinction, trail commissions continue to form the backbone of the revenue streams of most financial planners. Some in the i...

Editorial

Fee for no service

While up-front commissions are facing virtual extinction, trail commissions continue to form the backbone of the revenue streams of most financial planners. Some in the i...

Financial planning

Forget about hourly fees: Keavney

Advisers should abandon any notion of charging clients fees on an hourly rate, says one of the industry’s most outspoken advocates of fee-based financial planning....