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Pro bono advice for disaster victims

STAFF JOURNALIST  |  THURSDAY, 7 FEB 2013
Disaster victims will get free financial advice after the Financial Planning Association of Australia yesterday said that it had re-launched a pro bono service. The Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA) has started the service up again to ...

Bravura and Rice Warner launch new super tool

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 31 JAN 2013
... Slee, Bravura's managing director, APAC. With this joint service, funds have the ability to generate statements of advice for transactions without the need for advisor intervention. Rice Warner says this type of service increases the engagement between ...

ASIC cancel advice firm's AFS licence

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  MONDAY, 22 OCT 2012
... administrator in April. Australian Performance Financial Planning is a financial planning business that provides financial advice for clients with self-managed super funds or similar investments and income protection and life insurance policies. The ...

Annuities lead US advice requests

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 OCT 2012
Annuities are the number one product class US investors are requesting advice for, according to a new report on the US annuities and the insurance sector by Cerullui Associates. "Annuities are the most unsolicited products requested by clients," they ...

Write-down clouds Bendigo's 43% profit tumble

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 20 AUG 2012
... with IOOF without holding an equity stake. IOOF currently manages approximately $1.3 billion of Bendigo's funds under advice for its wealth customers through the IOOF Pursuit platform. The bank's lending portfolio had fallen more than 70% since its $8 ...

Direct investors prefer scaled advice

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 2 AUG 2012
... investors would seek advice if the value proposition were clearer. Trust was identified as the key barrier to seeking advice for almost two thirds of direct investors, according to the results, while scaled advice was identified as a highly attractive ...

National exam to raise quality of advice

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2012
... Planning Association of Australia (FPA) said it supports ASIC's decision in trying to improve the quality of financial advice for Australians. "Increasing the quality of financial advice continues to be a priority for the FPA and we have continually ...

HIP Super enters advice partnership

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUN 2012
... members who have moved their funds into the SMSF sector, according to Bernays. "Bridges will also provide financial advice for past HIP members who have moved into Self Managed Super Funds (SMSF) and are struggling to manage the complexity and cost associated ...

FOFA will not be delayed: Minter Ellison

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAY 2012
... delaying the process. Minter Ellison also suggested that a fee-for-service model poses the risk of producing tired advice for customers who don't fall into the top-end bracket. "Advice, whether it's over the internet or over the phone, is about not asking ...

ASIC suspends practice licence

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 17 APR 2012
... ASIC's decision. Australian Performance Financial Planning is a financial planning business that provides financial advice for clients with self-managed super funds or similar investments and income protection and life insurance policies.