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Pearce backs TCF policy

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2009
... retail market meet the needs of the consumer groups and are issued accordingly. In addition, TCF ensures any financial advice consumers receive accounts for their individual circumstances. Pearce was unsure how a Australian version of the TCF would come ...

Subsidise financial advice: Shiller

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2009
Investors can be better protected from the next investment bubble if the government legislate subsidised financial advice and support an insurance scheme that will hedge home-owners against extreme property prices, said Dr. Robert Shiller, the author ...

Parlie inquiry into sales commissions

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2009
Its game on for financial advice in Australia now that Parliament has convened a fast-paced inquiry into the role advisers, commissions and regulatory gaps played in the recent spate of financial services collapses. The Inquiry's wide ranging Terms ...

Back to school for Sunsuper

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 26 FEB 2009
... effective way and how to draw down super while still working. The fund has a Member Advice Centre that provides financial advice about member accounts for free. More complex financial planning services are offered on a fee-for-service basis. Sunsuper ...

Clients stung by commissioned advice

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 26 FEB 2009
... that pay commissions have higher ongoing fees than those that do not pay commissions. The report also noted that financial advice based on a fee for service model often resulted in the recommendation of products that cost less than that of their commission-based ...

WA planning firm moves east

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 23 FEB 2009
... have some of the best in the business on board to make the most of the upturn in investment opportunities." The financial advice firm was set-up by former Tolhurst Noall state manager, Andrew Wilson and former Paterson's Securities brokers Castledine ...

Future2 calls for bushfire donations

PRESS RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 16 FEB 2009
... Fundraising Committee chair. "Many will have already given money; others have volunteered to provide pro-bono financial advice to bushfire victims through the [FPA's] pro bono referral service." The Future2 Foundation was setup by a small number of FPA ...

Qld firm to restore "faith" in planning

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 16 FEB 2009
Queensland based financial planning firm, Aylesbury Financial Group is providing free financial advice to those who can't afford it to restore the community's faith in financial planning services. Trudy Heins, Aylesbury Financial Group senior financial ...

Job cuts drive record advice requests

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 FEB 2009
Mercer took a record 413,000 calls last year from super fund members seeking financial advice, with an 84 per cent jump in queries relating to redundancy payments. Mercer reported that calls to client helplines jumped dramatically in October, the month ...

Big Sky to aid BHP staff

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JAN 2009
Big Sky Financial Solutions plans to provide general and personal financial advice to those members of its parent credit union affected by BHP Billiton mine closures. Paul Evans, Big Sky Financial Solutions director, said the financial planning division ...