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AM Corporation is one of the last surviving independently owned financial services groups in Australia. STUART ENGEL examines the impact of one of the biggest revamps in ...

Financial planning

High profile industry figure Heino Ling has joined Challenger International as a strategic development manager....

Life/Risk

AM Corporation has pulled the plug on its own life insurance company as a part of one of the biggest revamps in the group’s 25 year history....

Financial planning

Pacific Rim is to change its name to Deakin Financial Services, following approval of the name change at last week’s annual general meeting....

Financial planning

Godfrey Pembroke founder John Godfrey has been named as chairman of Glebe Asset Management’s financial planning arm....

Financial planning

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

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...

People & Products

Ian Heraud will replace Ray Griffin as principal member representative on the Financial Planning Association (FPA) board, when Griffin steps down as chairman next month....

Financial planning

Life insurance companies will not require policy holders to undergo genetic testing under a ruling delivered by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) ...

Financial planning

IOOF will be launching a retail ethical fund early next year, says managing director Rob Turner....

Financial planning

Rothschild’s US-based international fund manager Putnam Investments remains bullish on the US share market, despite recent warnings from other managers about overvalued s...

Financial planning

Ken Breakspear took up the top job at the Financial Planning Association (FPA) less than a month ago. But as most politicians know, the honeymoon period does not last lon...

Financial planning

The long heralded float of Count Wealth Accountants has received enormous support from its advisers with the preferential offer to members already oversubscribed....

Financial planning

Ken Breakspear took up the top job at the Financial Planning Association (FPA) less than a month ago. But as most politicians know, the honeymoon period does not last lon...

Financial planning

Zurich Financial Services Australia chief executive Malcolm Jones has been given the nod by Zurich worldwide to take on the top regional job for the group....

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