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People & Products

Industry funds stalwart, Garry Weaven has been succeeded by Ken Hodgson as the chairman of ME Bank....

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Financial planning

Serious questions asked about whether NAB appropriately filed breach reports relating to 37 planners with whom it parted company....

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Financial planning

Under pressure ASIC chairman, Greg Medcraft, has urged politicians to take action to change financial planning....

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Life/Risk

Novion Property Group is “on track to achieve” its 2015 financial year targets ahead of its proposed merger with Federation Centres....

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Financial planning

PJC chairman, Senator David Fawcett points to evolving model for financial planning....

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Accounting

Accountants remain confused about the process involved in the uptake of the limited licensing regime but they need to proceed quickly if they want to advise on SMSF, the ...

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Financial planning

Concerned that the Trowbridge report reflects their working reality, life/risk advisers dominate 130 submissions to the Life Insurance and Advice Working Group....

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People & Products

Prominent industry funds figure and former Reserve Bank of Australia governor Bernie Fraser is stepping down as Chairman of industry-funds owned ME Bank....

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Financial planning

The FPA’s Matthew Rowe has questioned the survivability of a number of financial planning organisations....

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Financial planning

The chairman of Australia’s corporate regulator and his staff spent $45,000 in the second half of last year on international business travel, more than 80 per cent of whi...

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Editorial

As the financial planning industry proceeds further into 2015 it must accept little or no further change to FOFA but a range of new debates and opportunities....

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Financial planning

Northern Trust has continued its Asia-Pacific expansion with opening of Seoul office. ...

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Financial planning

The Capital Markets Cooperative Research Centre says ASIC chairman, Greg Medcraft, is off the mark when he pushes for a national exam in the absence of evidence it will a...

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Financial planning

The major industry funds groups want ASIC to receive better budgetary resourcing to regulate financial planners....

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Financial planning

Iress secures former Merrill Lynch executive, Niki Beattie, for its board....

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