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BTFG new head of prac mgmt

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 30 MAY 2011
... in October last year. "I'm extremely excited by this opportunity as what we do drives to the heart of what financial planners rely on to provide quality strategic advice to clients - and that is what this industry is all about," said Hall.

Free advice sparks Financial Planning Week

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 23 MAY 2011
... national initiative designed to inspire trust and confidence in the community, and lift the level of respect for financial planners. FPA chief executive Mark Rantall said the week was the perfect opportunity to show what value association members could ...

Planners chance to get involved

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 23 MAY 2011
... trying to galvanise its 8000 members to action as it seeks legal recognition of the professional status of financial planners. The FPA hopes to tap into the expertise and professional skills of members to harness their knowledge. There are plenty of ...

Planners risk trouble opposing FOFA

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2011
Financial planners are shooting themselves in the foot by seeking to sink key elements of the Future of Financial Advice reforms, the Industry Super Fund Network has said. Industry Super Fund Network chief executive David Whiteley said the financial ...

Advisers aim for independents over FOFA

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2011
Financial planners on the warpath over Future of Financial Advice (FOFA) reforms were given a crash course in political lobbying today by Shadow Minister for Financial Services Senator Mathias Cormann, who told them to target the independents. Speaking ...

Planners eye SMSF property

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2011
Industry associations are supportive of the trend for real estate firms and financial planners teaming up to target self managed super funds but are wary of the pitfalls. Self managed super fund trustees are increasingly adding property investments ...

SMEs turning to advice, slowly

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAY 2011
... their accountants for financial advice. But the report noted that they are increasingly seeking advice from financial planners, in addition to advice they receive from their accountant.

Planners wrapped with super app

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAY 2011
Financial planners are responding in force to a free superannuation and retirement app available at itunes, with the promise of more features to come. The "working retirement calculator" app, developed by Rice Warner, is part of a suite of superannuation ...

Leveraged ETF risk laid bare

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 16 MAY 2011
... had been growing in popularity, with well over 50 per cent of the shareholders in iShares ETFs coming through financial planners. "The adviser community is using them more, and for the SMSF industry," he said. Keenan said there had been an increase of ...

Advisers not ready for super changes

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAY 2011
Financial planners are unprepared for a superannuation system that is rapidly changing with the biggest problems not of their making, Jeremy Cooper said today. Cooper, the former head of the Superannuation System Review, told a packed ballroom of industry ...