19 May 2008 • By Columnist • 1 min read
A recent court case involving the Westpoint collapse has left an individual adviser facing the full brunt of the client claims. Financial services law...
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                            IFA's Dealer Group Survey reveals the top 100 dealer groups, by size, the big winners and losers, and analysis of what the figures mean. Welcome t...
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                            Banks and financial institutions shell out huge sums of money year after year on introducing new technologies and processes aimed at making them more ...
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                            Former Macquarie banker Ian Anderson and CBA's Stewart Creighton head up new business. Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) has launched Financial ...
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                            The discipline, focus, dependability and leadership learnt in the armed forces makes military recruits a natural fit for the planning industry. On ...
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                            Perhaps one of the main reasons planning is not a profession is because most advisers do not act as professionals in their dealings with their clien...
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                            To understand why the sub-prime crisis affected global markets it is important to understand long-short funds and leveraged strategies. Global bond...
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                            Are KPMG and PIR out of the woods? Presumably Wealthcare and/or the Pollards can still join KPMG and PIR to the proceedings, but they will have to be ...
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                            Sound business management is crucial if the transition from a small practice to a medium-sized business is to be achieved successfully. Financial p...
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                            If planners are fiduciaries, what sort of fiduciaries are they and what rules apply to them? Further, what is a fiduciary anyway? There's a debate ...
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