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Financial planning

28 Nov

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has banned a former HSBC InvestDirect securities representative from acting as a representative of a dealer or...

Financial planning

28 Nov

Stockford lists at 23 per cent premium

Accountancy and financial planning consolidator Stockford has listed at a solid 23 cent premium to its $1.00 offer price and attracted solid volume in its first hour of t...

Financial planning

27 Nov

Bumper year for Merc

Mercantile Mutual has unveiled a 48 per cent growth in net profit in the year to September 30 to $174 million, thanks to its fast growing funds management and life insura...

Financial planning

27 Nov

Ord Minnett offloads investment business

Chase Ord Minnett has offloaded its Ord Minnett Strategic Investments (OMSI) subsidiary less than three months after the $200 million takeover of Ord Minnett by Chase Man...

Financial planning

23 Nov

Consolidators blaze a trail to destruction?

Without doubt, the biggest news in the financial planning business over the past two years has been the rise and rise of the consolidators....

Financial planning

23 Nov

Out of context

"I think anything can be justified if you use the words cleverly enough."MorningStar's Graham Rich gives an insight into how reseach houses operate, at the November FPA L...

Financial planning

23 Nov

AM revamps international approach

AM Corporation has restructured its international fund for the second time this year....

People & Products

23 Nov

AMP turns distribution strategy on its head

Why would one of Australia’s most successful financial planning distribution businesses spend millions on setting up a direct distribution business? Stuart Engel speaks w...

Financial planning

23 Nov

International news 23/11 – Singapore revamps planning industry

Singapore’s financial planning industry has become one of the first in the South East Asian region to adopt a licensing regime for independent financial advisers (IFAs)....

Financial planning

23 Nov

Virgin to take on financial services

Virgin boss Richard Branson has confirmed what many in the industry have thought for years. Virgin is about to bring its brand of financial services distribution to Austr...