FS Advice - Volume 9 Number 2

Volume 9 Issue 2

Insurance

JOHN BROGDEN , DAMIEN GREEN | Comments | THURSDAY, 10 JUL 2014

To motivate behavioural change, insurers need to create tangible triggers: events or rewards, not fear and peace of mind. They need to use important ... Read more

Insurance Product Replacement Advice - A Case in Point

TREVOR HARRIS | Comments | THURSDAY, 10 JUL 2014

his court case is something all risk writers and financial planners should acquaint themselves with. The human story behind the case also appeared on ... Read more

Applied Financial Planning

Advising the rising CEO

YIANNI TSIMOPOULOS | Comments | THURSDAY, 10 JUL 2014

Ben started out working as a store man and managed to work his way up to the general manager position of the organisation by the age of 32. During this ... Read more

One million Australians can't be wrong... but SMSFs are not for everyone

CLAIRE MACKAY | Comments | THURSDAY, 10 JUL 2014

The future is bright for new SMSF investors. They have joined one million of their fellow Australians in taking control of their family's financial ... Read more

Adviser fees and business models

KRISTEN TURNBULL , JAMES TAYLOR | Comments | THURSDAY, 10 JUL 2014

The biggest challenge facing financial advice businesses today is compliance costs and time. But the industry will have to turn its attention to client ... Read more

The foundation of trust

DAVID RAITS | Comments | THURSDAY, 10 JUL 2014

Shadforth Financial Group private client adviser David Raits helps a longtime SMSF client set up a charitable foundation to build a ... Read more

Connecting with clients

BRAD FOX , REBECCA SHEILS , ADAM TUCKER , RICHARD DUNKERLEY | Comments | THURSDAY, 10 JUL 2014

Advisers need to find the right mix when they communicate with clients. Communication strategies must be tailored to the age and the profile of each ... Read more

Stand on your client's side

VIVIAN CHAU | Comments | THURSDAY, 10 JUL 2014

Every financial planner will face objections at some point of the sales process: it is unavoidable. Although objections can create obstacles in ... Read more

Superannuation

Preservation rules: a little known quirk

BRYCE FIGOT | Comments | THURSDAY, 10 JUL 2014

A little known quirk in the preservation rules can have important implications for clients. This article explains how the quirk arises, and then how to ... Read more

New ATO SMSF penalties

GRAEME COLLEY | Comments | THURSDAY, 10 JUL 2014

With the new penalties for SMSFs, trustees and advisers need to ask themselves: "should I be afraid, very afraid," or should they just be ... Read more

Sponsored content: Do SMSFs have a use-by date?

KEAT CHEW | Comments | THURSDAY, 10 JUL 2014

Self managed super funds (SMSFs) continue to enjoy huge popularity. While much of the discussion focuses on when it is appropriate to establish a SMSF ... Read more

For the want of a BDBN!

MICHAEL HALLINAN | Comments | THURSDAY, 10 JUL 2014

In the absence of a binding death benefit nomination, those who control the trustee will control the destination of the death benefit: hence a battle ... Read more

Mending SMSF advice gone wrong

LAURA MILLAN | Comments | THURSDAY, 10 JUL 2014

Setting up a self-managed super fund (SMSF) has certainly been the flavour of the month for many Australian investors. Today, more than one million ... Read more

Taxation & Estate Planning

The TASA reform

DANTE DE GORI | Comments | THURSDAY, 10 JUL 2014

The new financial year has arrived with a bang for financial planners with the Tax Agent Services Act 2009 (TASA) regime now applying to the ... Read more

Death and taxes - what you need to know

HENRY WALACHOWSKI | Comments | THURSDAY, 10 JUL 2014

What do you do if you and your spouse have an SMSF and want to ensure that your superannuation entitlements get paid to your preferred beneficiary if ... Read more

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From the ground up

SUSANNE DAHN
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
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In the late 1990s, Sue Dahn marched into a mid-tier accounting practice and did the unthinkable; taking a blank canvas and transforming it into a $5 billion wealth management business. Jamie Williamson writes.

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Josh Dalton

Director

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No more us versus them

If we're truly going to serve consumer best interests, industry funds must work with financial advisers. I've started to embrace working with industry ...

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Katie Johnston

Senior Associate

FS Advice

Warranties and indemnities in the sale of financial advice portfolios

The sale of financial advice portfolios is on the rise and both buyers and sellers are finding new ways to allocate risk. In this post, we put the current ...

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Barry Daniels

Director

FS Advice

The other casualties of advice industry reform

Whilst the enormity of mental health consequences has rarely received a second thought by legislators as they vehemently imposed non-stop change on the ...

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Ben Moffatt

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FS Advice

An auditor's view of conflicted advice

"But why should conflicts of interest be a problem? People should simply be able to declare their conflicts of interest and make their decisions in accord ...

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