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Sarah Brennan, Leonie Henry, Corinna Dieters and Colin Scully are the new Financial Planning Association (FPA) board members after the association’s members were called u...

Financial planning

Tasmanian based financial adviser Robin Yates has been elected the new president of the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA)....

Financial planning

AMP says that it has replaced share options for its executives with a new ‘Performance Rights’ program which delivers a pre-determined number of AMP shares in three years...

Financial planning

MORE than a dozen people have indicated they will run for one of four positions up for election on the board of the Financial Planning Association (FPA)....

Financial planning

Investor Group has cancelled nearly 14 million share options held by employees of the group, who will receive a nominal cash payment in advance of the introduction of a d...

Financial planning

The directors of Permanent Trustees Company and the Trust Company of Australia have announced they have agreed to a merger of the two groups creating a single entity with...

Financial planning

OFM Investment Group chief executive Michael Rehak has resigned and will be replaced by former Coles Myer property general manger Rick Curtis....

Editorial

The AMP group has announced that it is expecting to face greater than anticipated losses in its investment income as a result of the continuing downturn on global equity ...

Financial planning

Financial services giant AMP has today confirmed plans to sell its investment administration business, Cogent, to French based BNP Paribas....

Financial planning

New Zealand-based financial services group Tower is banking on the performance of its Australian wealth management operations in a bid to stave off the discontent of its ...

Financial planning

New Zealand-based financial services group Tower is banking on the performance of its Australian wealth management operations in a bid to stave off a growing level of dis...

Editorial

The fortunes of accounting and financial services group Stockford have continued to wane after it announced yet another profit loss last week....

Editorial

Deakin Financial Services Group has made a massive turn around in its performance with the group recording a net profit after tax of $176,000 for the half-year ending Dec...

Financial planning

Financial services group Sanford has reported a positive cash flow in its results for the December quarter, indicating continued strength in the business during a difficu...

Financial planning

Substantial changes in market conditions and large losses within the Sanford Limited camp has put a dampener on future expectations for the group, according to chairman C...

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