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Financial planning

24 Oct

ASIC swoops on Gold Coast spruiker

The founder of a Gold Coast-based firm responsible for running a series of wealth creation seminars has consented to orders in the Supreme Court of Queensland that preven...

Financial planning

22 Oct

Perpetual motions new strategy

Perpetual Trustees Australia had the best of both worlds last week after its annual results were warmly received by the market. The investment group was able to satisfy e...

Financial planning

22 Oct

Bridgeport for sale as Zurich cashes in chips

Bridgeport Advisers and Asset Managers has been placed in voluntary administration after its major creditor and shareholder Zurich Financial Services invoked a contractua...

Financial planning

22 Oct

NAB concludes restructure

National Australia Bank has completed the restructure of its Australian institutional markets, financial services and MLC business units, as the bank looks to reverse the...

Financial planning

22 Oct

ING latest to cut fees

ING has reduced its fees and added more investment options to its retail master trust, OneAnswer, in a move suggesting heightened competition in the platform space is for...

Financial planning

22 Oct

ANZ delays fee-for-service

The ANZ Bank has postponed plans to roll out a fee-for-service remuneration model for its advisers until early next year, in order to ensure its network of planners is ab...

Financial planning

22 Oct

Challenger deal sparks job cuts

More than 20 Associated Planners Financial Services (APFS) and Garrisons staff have been retrenched less than three weeks after the formal acquisition of APFS by Challeng...

Financial planning

21 Oct

Absolute Capital to de-list flagship fund

Alternative Investment Group Absolute Capital has announced plans to de-list its second fund within a month from the Australian Stock Exchange, citing the “onerous” requi...

Superannuation

21 Oct

Advisers called on to avert retiree delusions

Financial planners are being invited to help bridge the retirement savings gap faced by many ageing Australians and educate them as to the reality, in terms of reasonable...

Financial planning

21 Oct

Perpetual looks at single advice brand

Perpetual Trustees has indicated its private client and accountant referral-based Wilson Dilworth planning businesses will soon sit under the one brand while retaining tw...