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Funds management

30 Aug

Mixed outlook for hedge funds

Research group Lonsec is remaining relatively up-beat about the future prospects of hedge fund investments, despite what it identifies as looming challenges for the secto...

Financial planning

18 Aug

AMP cuts super fees

AMP has announced $40 million worth of fee cuts to its key superannuation and retirement income products ahead of the new choice of superannuation environment....

Financial planning

09 Dec

MLC/Garvan revolt over dealer fee

The National Australia Group owned Garvan Financial Planning and MLC Financial Planning dealer groups are facing a groundswell of dissatisfaction from their 600 advisers ...

Financial planning

09 Dec

AMP rethinks platform

AMP has confirmed that it is willing to review its investment platform strategy as part of a bid to rejuvenate its wealth management business under new chief executive An...

Financial planning

09 Dec

John Hewison: fighting the good fight

It is not every financial planner who can count a meeting with the Prime Minister as a career highlight....

Policy & Regulation

09 Dec

Industry teams up to fight Government on payroll tax

The Financial Planning Association (FPA) and the Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) have formed a joint task force to fight against state Government pro...

Financial planning

09 Dec

FPA calls for bids to set up PI solution

The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has moved a step closer to setting up its own in-house professional indemnity (PI) insurance solution for members, calling on a r...

Financial planning

09 Dec

Tower slumps on back of Bridges writedown

New Zealand based financial services group Tower has announced a $NZ35.8 million writedown of its Australian financial planning business, Bridges Financial Services, to r...

Superannuation

09 Dec

ATO turns up heat on SMSFs

The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) has issued a blunt message to self-managed superannuation funds (SMSFs) warning the honeymoon period in its regulation of the sector ...

Financial planning

08 Dec

And then there was one: BT integrates distribution team

Consolidation has become a key to employment prospects within the financial services sector. George Liondis reports on how three went into one at the combined Westpac / B...