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Financial planning

A further preliminary report from the Cooper Review regarding its new MySuper proposal argues that trailing commissions should become a thing of the past....

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Financial planning

NAB is considering its options in the wake of the ACCC's decision to block its bid for AXA Asia Pacific - but none of them are simple or easy....

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Financial planning

The ACCC has opposed NAB's bid for AXA Asia Pacific, choosing to instead back AMP....

Financial planning

Dealer group Plan B announces the standing aside of its managing director as the chairman oversees a consolidation....

Superannuation

ING argues that the regulations around SMSFs need to be tightened but not so much as to preclude entry to the sector....

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Financial planning

ASIC's new consultation paper on agribusiness schemes has prompted specialists to argue that debt rather than general information was the major problem....

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People & Products

WB Financial has appointed David Keys as its new chief executive officer....

Financial planning

AMP chairman Peter Mason has emphasised the ability of his company to act as a non-bank bulwark in the wealth management arena....

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Financial planning

The Cooper Review's focus on making superannuation administration more efficient has won industry support....

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Financial planning

Industry superannuation funds Cbus and CONNECT have announced a landmark in-principle agreement to merge....

Financial planning

Professional Investment Services (PIS) is seeking to buy its advisers' shares in subsidiary funds management business Ventura Investment Management in an effort to remove...

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Financial planning

Incoming Count Financial chief Andrew Gale will continue the group's acquisitions drive in 2010, while also reassessing Count's stake in competitor DKN Financial Group....

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Financial planning

The chairman of the Cooper Review has recommended monetary penalties for employers with sloppy super admin, and said that the current paper-based system should be address...

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Financial planning

Former US-based Australian executive John James to lead Vanguard from May 1....

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Financial planning

Secret talks between Count Financial and Mortgage Choice about combining their respective mortgage businesses have been called off....

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