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RI Advice launches retirement planning toolkit

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 15 DEC 2016
Addressing the needs of specialist retirement advisers, RI Advice conducted independent research to build its new retirement planning toolkit. The toolkit comprises insights from said research, client video case studies, direct mail templates and social ...

ANZ and Macquarie fined for cartel conduct

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 15 DEC 2016
The Federal Court granted ANZ and Macquarie's wishes to pay fines totaling $15 million for attempted cartel conduct in 2011. As suggested to the court, ANZ will pay $9 million - admitting it engaged in 10 instances of attempted cartel conduct in contravention ...

Carwardine to undergo external advice review

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 DEC 2016
Carwardine Financial Services will undergo an independent external review of its compliance after ASIC surveillance identified a number of concerns. ASIC's surveillance concluded in September 2016 and identified a number of issues with Carwardine's ...

Super disputes kept aside in Treasury review

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 DEC 2016
The superannuation industry backs Treasury's call to retain a separate external dispute resolution body. Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia chief executive Martin Fahy said the group welcomed Treasury's interim report of the financial ...

Planning firms need succession rethink

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 5 DEC 2016
Financial planning practices will need to look to other professions for successful licence and ownership arrangements if they wish to have control over the value of their practice. Business strategy consultant at AdviceIQ, Paul Harding-Davis, said the ...

CommInsure sees adviser revamp

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 1 DEC 2016
CommInsure has consulted with advisers nationwide to improve its product offering. The enhancements include more generous expiry ages, an extended indemnity income protection policy, updated trauma definitions and a continuation of total and permanent ...

Part-pensioners short-changed by asset test changes

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 NOV 2016
Up to 300,000 part-pensioners will have to make significant changes to their retirement income strategy to avoid losing out to the 2017 asset test changes, according to Plato Investment Management research. Plato's research found that in order to maintain ...

Life insurance commissions bill passes lower house

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 NOV 2016
Significant changes to life insurance commissions for advisers from 2018 are almost a reality following The Corporations Amendment (Life Insurance Remuneration Arrangements) Bill 2016 passing in the House of Representatives. Should the legislation also ...

Centuria acquires property platform

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 24 NOV 2016
The evolution of funds management platforms has advanced another step following Centuria's latest acquisition of an additional listed real estate management platform. Centuria has agreed to acquire the majority of 360 Capital Group's property management ...

How to put the sizzle back into finance: Grad Mentor

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 24 NOV 2016
Practice principals need to realise that finance is no longer the 'sexy' career prospect it used to be so more needs to be done to attract, develop and retain new recruits. Addressing delegates during the sold-out Professional Practice Workshop at the ...