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Financial planning

Equity Trustees elevates contest with Perpetual for Trust into a fight ...

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Financial planning

Former ACCC chairman Graeme Samuel will headline Money Management’s Platforms and Wraps conference, which is focused on competition....

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Financial planning

The ACCC is conducting a public review into the proposed merger between Perpetual and The Trust Company....

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People & Products

ASIC Commissioner Peter Kell has been promoted to deputy chair for a five-year period and will commence his new role on 6 May....

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Financial planning

A new survey reveals how slowly financial services regulators are responding to politicians’ questions....

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Financial planning

The Financial Services Council's backdown on its 'churning' policy has been welcomed by the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA)....

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Editorial

Macquarie Group looks to 10 per cent improvement in 2013 result on back of improving market conditions....

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Funds management

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) is set to shift its focus towards the wealth management industry in 2013, according to Minter Ellison partner Ka...

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Editorial

As the planning industry considers ASIC’s consultation paper on conflicted remuneration, Paragem's Ian Knox argues that the spoils will likely go to those with the most t...

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Editorial

There has been a tendency to forget about the ACCC ever since the regulation of consumer protection in the financial services industry moved to ASIC in 2001. But as Grant...

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Financial planning

Count founder Barry Lambert denies ever suggesting an unwritten non-compete code exists between dealer groups....

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Financial planning

ACCC acknowledges 'unwritten code' comments stemming from dealer group turf war....

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Life/Risk

Synchron has slammed the FSC's new life insurance churn policy as "disgraceful"....

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Superannuation

The Productivity Commission has signalled it will be recommending vastly more transparency be injected into the process of selecting default superannuation funds under mo...

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Financial planning

The ACCC has issued a decision which may have implications for organisations in the financial planning industry....

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