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Advisers help construction workers build their wealth

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 23 JAN 2015
The end of the mining boom has sparked the need for construction workers to seek financial advice to build their wealth, with a number of financial planning firms already targeting them. "We're talking about people who are really busy all the time ...

Melbourne planner launching crowd-funded positivity campaign

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2015
... told Financial Standard. The goal is to gather small amounts of money from representatives across the entire financial advice spectrum so as to keep the project non-aligned and product-neutral. "We are doing this campaign to help raise awareness of these ...

Managed accounts boost advice business valuations

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2015
... model portfolio options (known as separately managed accounts or SMAs), 25% of these options are operated by financial advice licensees, researchers and consultants such as Ibbotson, Morningstar, Charter Financial Planning, Lonsec, Fat Prophets, Three ...

Australian Unity acquires Premium Wealth

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JAN 2015
... with us." Together, Australian Unity and Premium Wealth hold roughly $6 billion in funds under advice with 106 financial advice practices.

Medcraft backs national adviser exam

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 13 JAN 2015
... national adviser exam In its submission to the Senate Economics Reference Committee inquiry into the scrutiny of financial advice. The bank said the new education framework should set standards and outline the minimum competency requirements and any ...

Advisers looking overseas for growth

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 12 JAN 2015
... the report illustrates the growing adviser demand for information from fund managers. Australians' interest in financial advice is increasing across the board, and 74% of respondents are hoping to capitalise on this by receiving more information and ...

Independent expert lists CBA compensation challenges

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 19 DEC 2014
... Promontory Financial Group has acknowledged that the Commonwealth Bank (CBA) program to compensate victims of bad financial advice poses a number of challenges. The independent expert has released its first report, following its appointment by CBA in ...

Government repeals Palmer FoFA changes

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 DEC 2014
The government has repealed the Palmer United Party's (PUP) proposed changes to the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) legislation and grandfathering amendments have become law. The registration of the grandfathering provisions will see these regulations ...

FS Advice: Medcraft's appalling speech

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2014
... also present two white papers about insurance and advice and a research paper about consumer attitudes towards financial advice. Read them here

Season's Greetings from Financial Standard

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2014
... Inquiry (FSI) made a splash. And some of the issues that were big in 2013 continued on into 2014. The Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) regulations remain an ongoing saga and rather than end the year with clarity (as I'm sure many of you would have hoped) ...