FS Advice - Volume 1 Number 2

Volume 1 Issue 2

Investment

DOMINIC MCCORMICK | Comments | MONDAY, 1 JAN 2007

This paper addresses some of the key issues and benefits of altern at give investments from SELECT's perspective. We hope that it will assist ... Read more

Contracts for difference (CFDs) - an introduction

ANDREW LEELARTHAEPIN | Comments | MONDAY, 1 JAN 2007

What is a CFD? A contract for difference, also commonly known as a CFD, is defined as an agreement between two parties to exchange the difference ... Read more

Saving Mr Credit

DEON JOUBERT | Comments | MONDAY, 1 JAN 2007

I was standing in a corner store queue in South Africa during a recent trip to see my family. While I was waiting my turn to pay, a sign hanging above ... Read more

Applied Financial Planning

The financial planning education scene in Australian universities

JANET COWEN , SHARON TAYLOR , WILLIAM BLAIR | Comments | MONDAY, 1 JAN 2007

Financial planning in its broadest terms is now in the spotlight as it draws interest from a wide range of groups, including consumers, regulators ... Read more

The $3 million advice business phenomenon

KIM PAYNE | Comments | MONDAY, 1 JAN 2007

In 2004 MLC organised a study tour in the US for Australian financial advisers to experience the challenges and opportunities facing financial planning ... Read more

SoAs, SoAAs and RoAs

SCOT ANDREWS | Comments | MONDAY, 1 JAN 2007

The law expects particular requirements to be met when an adviser is providing personal advice to clients.To summarise, when providing personal advice a ... Read more

Exploding the myths of succession

NICK BRINKWORTH | Comments | MONDAY, 1 JAN 2007

While most practices may not have a written succession plan, many principals would have an idea about how they plan to sell their business. These ... Read more

Retirement

New retirement strategies

BRONWYN SPEED | Comments | MONDAY, 1 JAN 2007

Over the past two decades a handful of issues have emerged in Australia which affect the retirement system: An ageing Australia. Inadequate super ... Read more

Keeping the family home to pay for aged care

BENEDICT DAVIES | Comments | MONDAY, 1 JAN 2007

There were significant changes to aged care planning that came into effect last year. We look at the opportunities they create. Accommodation bond ... Read more

Superannuation

SMSF trusteeship - corporate or individual?

DAVID SHIRLOW | Comments | MONDAY, 1 JAN 2007

For clients contemplating establishing a self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) one of the key considerations will be whether the trustee should be a ... Read more

Compliance

Continuing professional development for financial product advisers

PAM MCALISTER | Comments | MONDAY, 1 JAN 2007

One of the policy objectives of the financial services licensing regime is to ensure the competency of the licensee and its representatives to provide ... Read more

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Frydenberg flags new advice disciplinary system HARRISON WORLEY A new disciplinary system for financial advisers with a central disciplinary body headlines the government's Royal Commission implementation roadmap released today.	AMP advice lead rejects AMPFPA claims JAMIE WILLIAMSON The head of AMP's advice business has rebuffed claims the group failed to meet its legal obligations to advisers in announcing changes to its Buyer of Last Resort terms, saying the AMP Financial Planning Association was informed ahead of time and adviser feedback was sought in shaping the new strategy.

Netwealth FUA, adviser numbers rise KARREN VERGARA A number of financial advisers who flocked to wealth management institutions for Netwealth as a result of the banking Royal Commission have helped boost the platform's funds under administration by 30% to $23.3 billion.	ASIC bans adviser again HARRISON WORLEY A financial adviser previously banned by ASIC has found himself in hot water again.

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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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Katie Johnston

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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

Financial Planner

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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Tony Stephens

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The care factor

A good friend of mine lost his son to cancer not long ago, something no parent should ever have to experience. Even though this would have been one of ...

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