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Financial planning

14 Feb

2001: A CLERP 6 Odyssey

January 1, 2001 has been slated as implementation date for CLERP 6 changes....

Financial planning

11 Feb

No surprises from CLERP 6: KPMG

The financial planning industry is ready for today's release of CLERP 6, according to KPMG’s Peter Hutley....

Financial planning

09 Feb

Credit Suisse tops performance list

Credit Suisse has enjoyed the highest returns among its 33 competitors for the fi-nancial year to date, according to the latest InTech growth funds survey....

Financial planning

04 Feb

Investor club feels heat from ASIC

Australian Investors Forum Limited (AIF) has agreed to cease all investment advi-sory activities following action taken by Australian Securities and Investments Commissio...

Financial planning

03 Feb

Hard work ahead: Welsh

Although 1999 was a great year for advisers, 2000 will provide many challenges to the industry, Frank Welsh told delegates at the AMP Financial Planning conference in Syd...

Financial planning

03 Feb

IntegraTec offloaded

Fledgling Internet company Intracorp has beaten out several bidders to buy finan-cial planning research and training group IntegraTec....

Financial planning

03 Feb

Watchdog's master stroke: costs set to soar

Master trust operators may be slugged with a price hike under a recently released policy from Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). Law firm Freehill H...

Financial planning

03 Feb

So, you want to be a chief investment officer…

The bathroom cabinet of a chief investment officer is not chockers with bottles of My-lanta and tubes of Quick-eze, says Macquarie Investment Management’s Greg Matthews. ...

Financial planning

03 Feb

Government getting mean on means testing

Recently proposed changes to the social security means test have many in the in-dustry up in arms. Samantha Walker takes a look at the proposals and the backlash from the...

Financial planning

03 Feb

No rosy picture from Caton

This year is going to be tougher for investors than 1999, according to one leading economist. BT Fund Management’s chief economist Dr Chris Caton told delegates at an AMP...