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Financial planners considering switching licensees need to choose between institutional licensees or boutique. We examine to pros and cons with PAUL CAMPBELL of RI Advice and ROB WYNAN of Focused Financial Advice

Platform providers will need to evolve quickly to keep up with financial advisers' demands for more flexibilty. We speak to PETER CHUN of Colonial First State and CONNIE McKEAGE of OneVue for their thoughts on how platforms will stack up in the future.

Financial planners should understand the value of their business - whether they want to sell or not. We speak to ANTHONY HUNT of HUNTS' GROUP and SIMON SWANSON of CLEARVIEW about how to assess the worth of your business.

Financial planners can sink or swim depending on the business model they choose - so how can you get it right? On this Wealth Professional report, we speak to Gareth Hall of Lifestyle Financial Services and Matt Kidd from Omniwealth for their thoughts on which models work.

Fund managers know that financial planners are critical to their business and many are looking for new ways to connect with advisers. We speak to Jarrod Brown of Bennelong Funds Management (pictured) and Alex Francois of Provident Capital.

Financial planners says their feedback on the proposed FoFA laws is being ignored – and they are particularly unhappy with opt-in. In this Wealth Professional investigative report, we speak to Deen Sanders of the FPA, Marc Bineham of the AFA and Russell Medcraft of Financial Choice for their thoughts on the latest PJC report on the proposed new regulations. What do the proposed opt-in laws mean for planners’ business and clients? What are the FPA and the AFA doing to lobby the government on these issues? And how can advisers plan for the regulatory changes amid this uncertainty? Find out on Wealth Professional – your home for industry news, opinion and analysis.

Referral relationships can be the key to prosperity for financial planners - so what's the best way to establish a commercial partnership?

As financial planners exit the industry amid regulatory headwinds and another global downturn, the focus turns to attracting new talent to the industry.

Scaled advice is set to 'revolutionise' the financial planning industry.