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Building successful aged care advice businesses

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 27 NOV 2017
... advice similar to any other form of financial advice. Speaking at the 2017 Financial Planning Association Professionals Congress in Hobart, Hayes said building a sustainable and profitable aged care financial advice business was achievable if advisers ...

Lapse rates review anxiety unfounded: ASIC

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 27 NOV 2017
... leader of the financial advisers team, Joanna Bird, told last week's Financial Planning Association (FPA) Professionals Congress there is "quite a bit of misunderstanding" around the quality of life insurance work the regulator is conducting. Bird said ...

Advisers require entrepreneurial hat

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 27 NOV 2017
... Management chief executive Anne Graham urged practice owners at the 2017 Financial Planning Association Professionals Congress to take a close look at how they identify themselves - as a financial planner or a business owner. For some time, Hawthorn-based ...

The age of algorithmic advice

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 24 NOV 2017
... executive of global consultancy firm Tomorrow, Mike Walsh, told the 2017 Financial Planning Association Professionals Congress that sweeping technological change driven by complex algorithms is nothing to fear as it's simply "not unique." Walsh said ...

Big bedrooms pose challenge for planners

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 24 NOV 2017
... The Demographics Group managing director Bernard Salt told the 2017 Financial Planning Association (FPA) Professionals Congress that the changing nature of Australian households will also have consequences for the delivery of financial advice. "We're ...

Iron ore's ups and downs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 NOV 2017
... leverage and debt, reduce overcapacity and air pollution. Short-term pain for long-term gain in achieving the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China's (18 - 24 October 2017) goal of building a "moderately prosperous society", eradicating ...

Perth planner named Professional of the Year

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 23 NOV 2017
... Several of the highest honours in financial planning were awarded at the Financial Planning Association Professionals Congress in Hobart today, attended by about 1100 delegates. It was a double whammy win for Perth-based Capital Partners Private Wealth ...

Fintech is not a threat: FPA

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 23 NOV 2017
... levels, latest research from the Financial Planning Association of Australia shows. Released at the 2017 FPA Professionals Congress in Hobart this morning, the whitepaper maps fintech to the financial planning process and highlights that increased revenue ...

Inconsistency, communication top adviser bugbears

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 16 NOV 2017
... Private Wealth partner Lisa Weissel is sharing at the upcoming Financial Planning Association of Australia's Professional Congress in Hobart next week. Weissel, together with wetalkmoney's Tony Sandercock, will explore some of the critical best interest ...

FPA supports disadvantaged youths

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 NOV 2017
... the Kerb. Over the course of 10 years, Future2 has committed a total of $823,000. The upcoming FPA 2017 Professional Congress in Hobart will examine three of Australia's most influential couples' relationships, aiming to encourage advisers to reassess ...