Industry Updates

AMP adds features to North platform as it tops $30 billion in AUM

AMP has announced enhancements to its market-leading North wrap platform, continuing to make it easier and more efficient for advisers to support customers in achieving their financial goals. North recently passed A$30 billion in funds under management, making it one of the fastest growing platforms in Australia. MyNorth, part of the North platform, was also

The ideal income statement and how to use it

As a financial adviser, collecting data on your business helps only when you look at the right numbers. Net profit and other key statistics tell the tale.

The new face, and heart, of wealth

In the second in a series of four articles, Koda Capital explores the changing face of wealth in Australia, its new investment objectives, and what it all means.

FPA proposes 100 points of qualification and single exam for all

Financial Planning Association chief executive Dante De Gori unveiled proposals for education qualifications and a single exam for all planners at the FPA Roadshow in Brisbane.

Managed accounts helping efforts to give clients more face time

Managed accounts are nothing new, but a renewed interest from planners in back-office efficiency has sparked a resurgence.

Some answers to reduce clients’ stress around super changes

Poor communication with clients about upcoming changes to super could make them seek advice elsewhere. Here are some answers to frequent queries.

How to prepare a business – including your own – for tax season

Financial planning practices should consider any strategies and approaches for their own business that could help manage their tax liability. Here are some areas to review.

Marketing is pointless without a call to action

Generating more cash for your business through new sales should be your fundamental objective. That's why it's amazing how often marketing fails to present a call to action.

Help sort out technology’s boons and pitfalls

Technology is reshaping the world – and not always for the better. Moneysoft’s Peter Malekas considers a new report about digital technology and the role advisers can play.

Licensees’ futures are built on support for advisers

Exactly how the nature of licensing for financial planners will change is still unsettled but one thing does seem certain – licensees will have to adapt to a new role.

There’s still time to help your clients with these tax tips

The end of the financial year is fast approaching. That means there are plenty of tax considerations to discuss, regarding superannuation, capital gains, trusts and more.

AMP details goals-based advice strategy, platform consolidation

AMP has shared its plans to reposition advisers as goals coaches and pair them with artificial intelligence in a bid to lift its wealth-management arm’s revenue growth.

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