Marketing blueprints – a 5 step guide to building your advice practice marketing plan

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Introduction A common attribute of leading financial practices is their disciplined and formalised approach to planning. For those advisers who are also practice principals, having a documented business plan –... Read more continue reading

Businesses in the RAT race, beware of Fringe Benefits Tax

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As the race to secure supplies of COVID-19 Rapid Antigen Tests (RAT) heats up due to the ongoing wave of Omicron throughout the community, it is important for businesses purchasing... Read more continue reading

Is your marketing budget as big as your dream?

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Nobody likes a budget – even financial advisers don’t. But a marketing budget for your business is a good budget…it’s an investment in growth. Even well established advisory firms usually... Read more continue reading

Advice Revolution helps firms reduce client book migration time by up to 35%

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Businesses are struggling with the burden of fulfilling ASIC’s ‘know your client’ obligations in situations where multiple clients simultaneously require advice. These requirements are taking up to 8 Weeks for... Read more continue reading

Cyber risk seen as top threat to financial markets, with increasing concerns around inflation and climate change: Survey

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Cyber risk ranks as the greatest threat to the global financial markets in 2022, with the COVID-19 pandemic and geopolitical tensions rounding out the top three threats overall, according to a... Read more continue reading

Compliance the major focus for advice firms

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Managing compliance and regulatory changes has emerged as the number one operational challenge for Australian financial advice firms in a major new global survey of the financial planning industry by... Read more continue reading

Ian Laughlin awarded Actuaries Institute’s highest honour for lifetime’s work

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Ian Laughlin, a former deputy chair of APRA, with a distinguished corporate career as a managing director and board member, has been awarded the Australian Actuaries Institute’s highest honour, a... Read more continue reading

Five tips to make wealth management offices more welcoming after lockdown

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With more people heading back to the office for at least part of the week, wealth management firms of all types are facing the challenge of how to entice workers... Read more continue reading

Identity theft – financial advisers at the consumer protection frontline

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The world is full of traps for the unwary. Seemingly every day, millions of Australians are bombarded with emails, SMSs and robocalls attempting to defraud them of money, data, and... Read more continue reading

Financial Advice tech – a practical checklist for driving increased efficiency and better client engagement

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As the financial advice landscape devolves away from large institutions to smaller, self-licensed entities, advisers and practice principals are increasingly being faced with the need to be far more active... Read more continue reading