Your clients can get a MoneyStart start to 2012

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ASIC’s MoneySmart website has a new budget planner to help people start 2012 with a fresh financial outlook. MoneySmart’s Delia Rickard said: ‘Getting out of debt and getting sorted financially... Read more continue reading

Retirees caught in generation squeeze

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Many retiring baby boomers are facing a generation squeeze where they still have elderly parents to worry about as well as children who are financially dependent on them, says Mr... Read more continue reading

AMP: emphasis on spouse’s finances the key barrier to women seeking financial advice

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The latest AMP Planner Protection Poll has found that 41.8 per cent of financial planners polled believe the primary barrier to women seeking advice is the emphasis placed on their... Read more continue reading

Mathias Cormann speech to financial services lunch

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The following is a trascript of a speech given to a financial services lunch in Sydney on Monday 5 December 2011 outlining the Opposition’s views on FOFA. It has been... Read more continue reading

Are you playing Russian Roulette with your financial advice business?

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If you live in a so-called ‘advanced’ western economy, one word you’re going to hear a lot more of over the next decade or so is tax.  And you can... Read more continue reading

Ideology aside, super contribution numbers don’t add up

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There’s one thing that can be said with great certainty about superannuation and that is that for more than two decades it has languished in a vacuum of politics and... Read more continue reading

How Australians spend their time

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Balancing work and family remains a big issue for Australian men and women, with around 40% of women and 30% of men feeling often or always rushed or pressed for... Read more continue reading

Benefiting from the latest Google changes

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We should all know by now that website content is important for our visitors as well as the search engines, but recent changes by Google could give smart financial advisers... Read more continue reading

Professionalism – the change we need

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Apart from European debt crises and world market doldrums, it’s been a big year for financial planning in Australia. The ongoing Future of Financial Advice legislation plus the FPA’s landmark... Read more continue reading

Future proofing

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Uncovering better analysis of industry fund costs with a focus on delivering enhanced member experience. The GFC, Cooper Review and Stronger Super have increased focus on cost efficiencies and member... Read more continue reading