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Women and Gen X happiest with advice

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAY 2016
... and those aged under 45 are the most satisfied with their financial adviser, according the latest Lifeplan ICFS Financial Advice Satisfaction index. The Lifeplan ICFS survey, undertaken every six months in partnership with the University of Adelaide ...

Focus Financial expands into Australia

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 9 MAY 2016
... currently has a staff of 55 full-time employees with offices in Melbourne and Sydney, specialising in all aspects of financial advice including: financial planning, mortgage broking, SMSF and accounting and tax. Commenting on the partnership, Jon White ...

FPA appoints new education head

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 9 MAY 2016
... on education in financial planning: "Education has a key role to play in raising the standard of professional financial advice and ensuring that the lives of more Australians are enriched. "Tremendous opportunities exist for financial planners to utilise ...

CBA announces new Board of Advice Companies director

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAY 2016
... announced a new non-executive director to the Board of Advice Companies - Commonwealth Financial Planning, BW Financial Advice, Financial Wisdom and Count Financial. Robert Bransby, who commenced the role in April, has more than 25 years' experience ...

Advisers encouraged to review changes carefully

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAY 2016
... today and for the long term. "The interplay between these measures means that most Australians will need to seek financial advice to make the best use of the various measures." A lifetime non-concessional contributions cap of $500,000 was also introduced ...

Australians letting their retirement down: report

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 2 MAY 2016
... super as simple as possible. "Given the importance of super and the challenges people face, getting the right financial advice is crucial to help them gain a better understanding of how to plan for their retirement." Other findings from the Attitudes ...

APRA counts life insurance losses

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2016
APRA has released its submission to the Senate Economics Committee on the inquiry into the scrutiny of financial advice - life insurance, claiming that the profitability of the sector is under strain. The submission argued that weak profitability has ...

Narev defends CommInsure record, wrote to five customers

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 28 APR 2016
... affected customers recently. Referencing CBA's submission to the Senate Economics References Committee's Scrutiny of Financial Advice inquiry, Narev said in the letter that "some of the criticism of the industry, and our life insurance business CommInsure ...

No bachelor's degree for existing advisers

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 28 APR 2016
... will need to balance any further education requirements with the demands of continuing to provide high-quality financial advice to their clients. Existing advisers therefore need sufficient time to meet the new standards. "The Government is proposing ...

Robo-advice to impact not replace: CFA

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 28 APR 2016
... Survey found that 70% of respondents believe that mass affluent investors will be positively impacted by automated financial advice tools through reduced costs, improved access to advice and improved product choices. Respondents found it unlikely that ...