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Financial Planning

MDA provider inks deal with Affinity and Redgum

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAR 2014
Managed discretionary account (MDA) operator, managedaccounts.com.au has inked deals two boutique financial advisory firms to integrate the company's solution into their businesses.

Young clients also looking for aged care advice

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 17 MAR 2014
Clients in their mid-thirties tend to seek advice in aged care and estate planning, especially when they have little children to look after.

Premium Wealth adds QLD boutique practice

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 17 MAR 2014
Premium Wealth Management has added Queensland-based practice Total Solutions Group to its dealer group membership base.

HNW adviser starts real return investment association

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 17 MAR 2014
Former Fitzpatricks Private Wealth general manager Philip Reid has set up the Association of Real Return Investment Advisers (ARRIA) as a forum where advisers can share strategies and meet fund managers.

Former NAB adviser launches non-aligned platform

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAR 2014
Former NAB Private Wealth adviser Sarah Hackney has launched a new open architecture independent advice platform, called Full Circle Wealth Management.

Onus on consumers to ask about commissions: Sinodinos

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAR 2014
Consumers must take responsibility for finding out whether their financial adviser has a conflict of interest, according to Assistant Treasurer Arthur Sinodinos.

FoFA amendments will reduce quality of advice: lawyer

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAR 2014
The government's proposal to amend the best interest duty section of the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) reforms are "inconsistent with the nature of a best interests duty" and will "reduce the overall quality of financial advice", according to legal ...

Tax advisers in need of additional PI insurance

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAR 2014
The Tax Practitioners Board (TPB) said advisers who provide tax advice need to extend their professional indemnity (PI) insurance coverage to meet the organisation's minimum requirements.

Advisers to complete 60 extra education hours under TASA

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 10 MAR 2014
The Tax Practitioners Board (TPB) has proposed that registered tax advisers complete a minimum of 60 hours of continuing professional education (CPE) in three years as part of the Tax Agent Services Act (TASA) 2009 legislation.

Advice industry under-prepared for younger client base

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2014
The professional advice industry is facing a seismic demographic shift that it is ill-prepared for, according to the chief executive of Pershing Advisor Solutions, Mark Tibergien.