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Financial Planning

MLC Direct appoints general manager

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2015
MLC has appointed a new managing director of its Direct business.

Road of no return

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2015
Wouldn't "the Committee's credibility" be shot if it goes ahead in December and it later turns out to be a policy mistake?

Parliament repeals key FoFA amendments

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2015
The Parliament has approved a Government motion to repeal key amendments to the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) reforms in a move that has taken other MPs and industry stakeholders by complete surprise.

Advice beats alpha as retirement income source

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2015
Financial advice, and not investment alpha, is what ultimately delivers better retirement incomes for superannuation fund members, SuperEd co-founder Jeremy Duffield said.

AIA hybrid program signs 1,000 advisers

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2015
Over 1,000 advisers have signed on to AIA Australia's transition to hybrid program.

Spreading the word

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2015
Data dependence -- mainly its interpretation - is where all the confusion lies.

FPA gives top award to private wealth adviser

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 23 NOV 2015
The Financial Planning Association (FPA) awarded its top accolade, the FPA CFP Professional of the Year Award, to a Visis Private Wealth adviser.

PROFILE: NAB Financial Planning general manager Paul Fog

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 23 NOV 2015
It says something about the sweeping remit of financial advice that Paul Fog credits both commercial property law and playing water polo for Australia as steering him towards the profession.

The Fed could get it wrong

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 NOV 2015
What happens if it gets it wrong again this time? What if the Fed under-estimated the impact of a mere 25bps hike on its economy and on the world?

FPA awards associate adviser of the year

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2015
The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has revealed the winners of the Associate Financial Planner of the Year Award, the Student of the Year Award and the Gwen Fletcher Memorial Award.