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Financial Planning

Age pension application difficult: Report

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUN 2018
Difficulties in applying for the Age Pension headline a Retirement Essentials report about the challenges confronting older Australians dealing with Centrelink.

BT Financial Advice cuts grandfathered commissions

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUN 2018
BT Financial Advice is scrapping grandfathered commissions, effective October 2018.

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.