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People & Products

FMD Financial has announced its successful merger with FMD Group member Reynolds Williams and Associates and the appointment of former Perpetual Private Wealth executive ...

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Policy & Regulation

The PJC has recommended key changes to Government legislation, providing hope it might act similarly on FOFA....

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Financial planning

Australia's Auditing and Assurance Standards Board queries Europe's approach to audit reform....

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Financial planning

The board of Australian Financial Services Group (AFS Group) has backed the company's chief executive, Peter Daly, in the face of reports of adverse comments attributed t...

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Financial planning

The Government yesterday announced an extension to the 25 per cent drawdown relief for account-based pensions for the 2012-13 financial year....

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Financial planning

The Supreme Court of New South Wales has approved the Commonwealth Bank's acquisition of Count Financial....

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People & Products

Vanguard Australia founder Jeremy Duffield has been appointed a non-executive director of the MLC board....

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Financial planning

ASIC wants retail investors to better understand the conditions and risks of hybrid securities and unsecured notes....

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Editorial

The Financial Planning Association seems determined to “raise the bar” on professionalism in the financial planning industry, but as Mike Taylor reports, this might take ...

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Superannuation

Financial advisers need to be wise when recommending insurance options within their clients' self-managed super funds. Warrick Hanley explains how small mistakes can lead...

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Financial planning

ASIC chairman Greg Medcraft has flagged surveillance around residential mortgage backed securities (RMBS) disclosure standards in 2012....

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People & Products

Treasury Group Limited (TRG) and Global Value Investors Limited (GVI) have appointed boutique investment manager Aubrey Capital Management to manage its GVI share funds....

People & Products

Centric Wealth has announced the appointment of Phil Kearns as chief executive officer....

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Financial planning

The Commonwealth Bank is free to pursue an acquisition of Count Financial after being given the green light by the ACCC....

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Financial planning

<b>Updated:</b> The Financial Planning Association has pointed to a future in which there are no Australian Securities and Investments Commission bannings of professional...

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