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Financial planning

9 December 2003

IWL has moved to expand its financial advisory software to include a risk insurance tool following the appointment of former Investment Data Technologies (IDT) specialist...

Financial planning

8 December 2003

Personal Choice pays distributions

The Personal Choice Master Fund will pay a distribution to advisers only 12 months after its commence of operations....

Financial planning

8 December 2003

ACA labels industry as structurally corrupt

The Australian Consumers’ Association (ACA) has hit out at the funds management and financial planning industry in Australia, stating it is “characterised by structural c...

Financial planning

8 December 2003

Peter Richards: a passion for education

For most financial planning professionals, there might seem to be a world of difference between the process of financial planning and engineering....

Financial planning

8 December 2003

Absolute Capital offloads capital market subsidiary

Alternative investment firm Absolute Capital has announced the sale of its third party securitisation transaction business Absolute Capital Markets to a new pooled develo...

Financial planning

8 December 2003

Kofod departs St George

Paul Kofod, the head of financial advisers at St George Bank has left the group and been replaced by former ANZ staffer Ferooz Normoyle....

Financial planning

7 December 2003

AIOFP approves membership changes

The Association of Independently Owned Financial Planners (AIOFP) has changed its membership structure, fees and benefits in an attempt to increase its market presence....

Financial planning

7 December 2003

Planners unite to attack fund managers

A raft of high profile financial planners and industry figures have launched a scathing attack on the funds management industry for a list of deficiencies they say are a ...

Financial planning

7 December 2003

The pressure is still on for planning jobs

It appears that employees within the Australian financial services industry can breathe easier after the release of the latest quarterly TMP Worldwide Job Index, though t...

Financial planning

4 December 2003

FPA brings new faces to the board table

The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has had five new faces elected to its board after the association’s members were called to elect candidates to replace outgoing m...