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Financial Planning

ANZ creates mental health portal

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUN 2018
ANZ is partnering to roll out a mental health and wellness portal to assist advisers with their own mental health as well as that of their clients.

IOOF boosts adviser compliance support

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUN 2018
IOOF's financial advice licensee support service has partnered with Integrity Compliance to help financial advisers manage AFSL requirements.

Adviser performance data vital to remuneration

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUN 2018
In-depth communication of business performance data in financial advice practices can play a key role in motivating team members and the creation of remuneration packages, latest research shows.

New campaign combats elder financial abuse

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 18 JUN 2018
Several organisations are joining a new campaign to help tackle elder financial abuse.

The future of advice fee structures

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 18 JUN 2018
To ensure the success of financial advice businesses in the post-Royal Commission world, financial advisers must separate planning and product advice fees, as well as benchmark both planning advice fees and portfolio performance.

Class streamlines investment solution

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUN 2018
Class has made a new functionality available to financial planners to directly access specific information about investments.

Advisers must tread carefully on PLS

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUN 2018
Financial advisers are being warned to exercise caution and double check licensing requirements when advising on the Federal Government's Pension Loan Scheme as a retirement income supplement.

HUB24 inks MDA, tech deal

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUN 2018
HUB24 will deliver both a managed portfolio solution and a new administration solution to a boutique financial advice group.

Best-in-show funds pose pressing issues for advisers

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUN 2018
The Productivity Commission's proposed best-in-show list of the top 10 default superannuation products could have pressing implications for financial advisers which shouldn't be overlooked.

Industry responds to Dover shutdown

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUN 2018
The Association of Financial Advisers will lobby ASIC and the Federal Government to extend the transition period provided to Dover Financial Advisers' authorised representatives in the wake of the dealer group's shock closure.