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18 June 2007 • By Columnist • 1 min read

Think like a business owner, not just an adviser

Best practice suggests the face-to-face time of advisers, including those who are working owners, should be up near the 60 per cent mark. How do you f...

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Australia's first lady of financial planning

Australia's Gwen Fletcher has been appointed a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in this year's Queen's Birthday Honours list for services to the ...

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Still pushing buttons

It is great to know I can still push a few people's buttons. IFA recently (issue 359) published a letter to the editor by an anonymous writer who was ...

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Life annuity demand affected by behavioural factors

One of the key risks Australians face in retirement is longevity risk; the risk they will outlive their wealth. One of the key risks Australians fa...

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The licensee dirty tricks guide

The agreement may say both parties can compete for the custom of the client base after termination, but an old licensee will do everything it can to ...

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International round-up

Sino-US talks in Washington might result in the quota that allows qualified foreign investors to participate in the China A-share market to be trebled...

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Seeking a purpose in planning

One of my financial planning colleagues describes his business purpose as helping people to 'make work optional'. Both he and his clients are very cle...

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Reducing the risk of attacks on the will

It may not be the role of the financial planner to advise a client on how to make their estate 'challenge-proof... but the financial planner should at...

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The need for diversification

Something of interest to the ATO and APRA, is the trustees' attention to their fund's investment strategy. The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) rec...

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Risk, flying turkeys, debt and rabbits

It's very instructive to look at just where the stock market is in terms of risk Back in early 2003, it was difficult to get anyone to buy a share ...

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