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Advisers ignoring estate planning gold mine

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 8 SEP 2011
... independent financial planners were warned to stop ignoring the wealth of referral and business expansion opportunities estate planning presents to the industry and instead embrace this market, in an industry address this morning. The AMP Estate Planning ...

MyState builds momentum with Rock merger

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 AUG 2011
... customers, said that it would benefit from an improved range of products and services, including wealth management and estate planning and trustee administration. The Rock's shares are valued at $2.71 with shareholders set to receive 7.75 MyState shares ...

Advisers prep for 'back-to-basics' investing

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 15 AUG 2011
... recommending robust asset protection and choosing the right asset classes such as companies to hold assets or estate planning strategies. "Quality investments yield benefits over the long-run and we base our investment recommendations on this foundation. ...

Planners unprepared for second stage clients

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 1 AUG 2011
... that second phase of retirement where they are getting reliant on other services and ultimately this leads to estate planning and intergenerational transfer of wealth and the potential for a whole new set of clients who are the beneficiaries of that ...

Equity Trustees makes aged care bid

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUN 2011
... is an aged care residential placement consultancy. Equity Trustees has been building up its wealth management, estate planning and philanthropic services to complement its core trustee company services. "Lifetime Planning and Tender Living Care will ...

Telstra Super launches retirement campaign

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 23 MAY 2011
... people should look for, whether it's consolidating multiple accounts, changing investment strategies, looking at estate planning, reviewing insurance needs or getting further education." At the end of the exercise Telstra Super strongly encourages users ...

Merged planning group to meet new client needs

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAY 2011
... super fund clients, mainly schools, manufacturers and sporting organisations, while KRA has focused on SMSFs and estate planning. "We want to continue the good work of President on the corporate side but also focus on the business owners," said Mark ...

High net worth clients being under advised

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 21 APR 2011
... relationships with high net worth clients, according to a survey of 1,287 US investors, with tax strategies and estate planning the biggest gaps. The Dow Jones Affluent Investor Study found advisers don't do enough to leverage their bonds with clients ...

New SMSF course on offer

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 21 APR 2011
... 50 years of industry experience between them, will be teaching the course. The largest topics to be covered are estate planning, tax issues including death and disablement and in-house assets. "We will be covering the full cross-section of SMSF issues," ...

FOFA opens estate planning doors

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 7 APR 2011
More advisers want to move into estate planning and aged care as fee-for-service reforms opens new business opportunities, according to OnePath. Adviser concerns and industry questions have been particularly focused on estate planning and aged care ...