Lucinda Beaman

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AMP is seeking another green light in its bid to acquire the Australian and New Zealand arms of AXA Asia Pacific, this time from New Zealand's competition watchdog, the C...

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Questions about the future direction of one of Australia’s biggest, non-institutionally owned dealer groups may have been resolved last Friday, but PIS' merger partner co...

Financial planners running small businesses will be among the first to receive a reduction in the company tax rate, while conditions for small business asset depreciation...

The Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and Treasurer Wayne Swan have made clear the policies that will not see the light of day while the Rudd Government remains in term....

30 April 2010

Professional Investment Holdings announces intention to merge with listed insurance funding company....

29 April 2010

Questions remain over the ability of financial advisers employed by financial product manufacturers to meet the fiduciary duty requirements proposed as part of the Rudd G...

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29 April 2010

A battle for the hearts and minds of agribusiness MIS investors has been raging following Forest Enterprises Australia’s entry into administration and receivership....

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28 April 2010

David Bryant sold his agricultural funds management company to Great Southern in 2007, but has wrangled back control one year after the parent company's collapse....

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26 April 2010

The potential ban on volume rebates will be a cause of concern for a number of dealer groups currently dependent on their payment for survival....

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26 April 2010

Accountants will no longer be able to provide advice on the establishment or closure of SMSFs without holding an Australian Financial Services Licence if reforms announce...

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This verdict highlights something deeply wrong and rotten at the heart of the FSCP. We are witnessing a heavy-handed, op...

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Interesting. Would be good to know the details of the StrategyOne deal....

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It’s astonishing to see the FAAA now pushing for more advisers by courting "career changers" and international recruits,...

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Insignia Financial has made four appointments, including three who have joined from TAL, to lead strategy and innovation in its retirement solutions for the MLC brand....

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A former Brisbane financial adviser has been charged with 26 counts of dishonest conduct regarding a failure to disclose he would receive substantial commission payments ...

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Pinnacle Investment Management has announced it will acquire strategic interests in two international fund managers for $142 million....

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