Data integrity boosts adviser success

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Ignition Wealth shows you how an XPLAN data clean up can boost your business today. Is data quality affecting your business? “Nobody cares about data quality”, “it’s in the queue”,... Read more continue reading

TAL receives global innovation award

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TAL, Australia’s leading life insurance specialist, has won the 2017 SMA Innovation in Action Award for TAL CoverBuilder, a digital platform that enables self-directed consumers to purchase life insurance. The Award is... Read more continue reading

Investment industry charity announces its 2017 award winners

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An elite group of Funds Managers were recognized last night for their excellent performance and contribution to the industry at the 2017 Hedge Funds Rock and The Australian Alternative Investment... Read more continue reading

Motivational training driving 34% increase in treatment take up

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AMP has launched a communications skills program focussed on motivational interviewing techniques that has seen insurance case managers report a 34 per cent increase in customers re-engaging with their treatment... Read more continue reading

Independence Day – how advisers are recapturing the advice industry

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Consolidation may well be the current watchword in the advice industry, but that doesn’t mean ‘independent’ advisers aren’t making their mark. Supported by expert licensing and related guidance, new admin... Read more continue reading

Map My Plan wins Innovator of the Year – Company Award

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Map My Plan continues to build industry momentum and recognition for its work to take financial advice to all Australians. Last night Map My Plan won the Innovator of the... Read more continue reading

The science of successful goal setting

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Setting goals is important to achieving our dreams – they motivate strategy development, provide direction for our efforts and offer a clear picture of what success looks like.  Reaching our... Read more continue reading

Ricardo van Doormalen from The Netherlands Wins 2017 Global Financial Planning Awards Competition

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Ricardo van Doormalen, of BLM Accountants and Adviseurs, the Netherlands, was selected as the overall winner of the PlanPlus 2017 Global Financial Planning Awards for the Europe/Australia region. Ricardo is... Read more continue reading

ASIC’s user-pays regime increases licensee costs

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Since 1 July 2017, most businesses who are regulated by ASIC must pay a levy to fund ASIC’s work, a cost that was previously borne by taxpayers. Who must pay... Read more continue reading

Great returns come from investing time in your people

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Professional advisers have never been under more time pressure than they are today, and of all the things they could be investing time in the one which is easiest to... Read more continue reading