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Financial Planning

New talent celebrated with AFA award

RACHEL DAVIS  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUN 2011
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) has opened nominations for its 2011 AFA Rising Star of the Year Award.

MLC launches contrib. cap tool

MLC has unveiled a new tool to help advisers navigate their clients through the superannuation contribution cap rules.

HLB Mann Judd acquires Howard fin planners

RACHEL DAVIS  |  MONDAY, 6 JUN 2011
Accounting and financial advisory firm, HLB Mann Judd (SA) has acquired boutique firm Howard Financial Planners to expand its Wealth Management Division.

Shorten responds to bias accusations

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2011
Assistant Treasurer Bill Shorten has refuted claims made by planner association critics that have suggested his FOFA reforms are an industry funds puppet, with a spokesman labelling the claims as "a bit rich".

Planning firm invests in property to widen appeal

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUN 2011
Financial planning firm Wealth Management Partners plans to tap into the growth in SMSF property investment by agreeing a deal with new property advisory service REaffirm.

Proposed tough planner rules

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUN 2011
Financial planners could face a tougher regulator, if changes to ASIC's powers go ahead. Currently under review by the Treasury, proposals include strengthened authority to ban advisers.

Industry funds, independent platforms stand up for FOFA reforms

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUN 2011
Opponents of elements of the Future of Financial Advice have come in for a drubbing from key figures in the financial services industry in the wake of intense lobbying of the independents by financial planners.

BT Wrap releases AdviserNETgain integration

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUN 2011
BT financial planners now have access to an in-depth integration between investment platform BT Wrap and online planning solution AdviserNETgain, with new systems to raise efficiency.

MLC hands planners client engagement tool

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAY 2011
MLC has launched a new tool for financial advisers, helping them increase engagement among their existing client base.

Planners commission ban skips property

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 30 MAY 2011
Financial planners won't lose out on all commissions after Assistant Treasurer Bill Shorten confirmed the ban on commissions will not cover property investments, pushing opportunities for planners in the self-managed super fund (SMSF) space.