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Financial planning

The first preliminary report of the Cooper Review has pointed to a new architecture for the superannuation industry based on members rather than products, with trustees a...

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Financial planning

The chairman of the Ripoll Inquiry, Bernie Ripoll, has indicated volume rebates paid from product manufacturers to dealer groups are encompassed in the recommendations ma...

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Financial planning

BT Investment Management (BTIM) chairman Brian Scullin believes a number of smaller boutique funds management groups are still yet to fail, despite saying his group’s mul...

Financial planning

ASIC has launched its Swimming Between the Flags guide for retail investors but it has proven to be less prescriptive than some feared....

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Financial planning

ASIC produces a consultation paper aimed at discussion around the creation of retail access to corporate bonds....

People & Products

To be succeeded by former Westpac New Zealand chief executive Brad Cooper, with Coombe taking up a group executive role in Westpac’s retail and banking business....

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Financial planning

Equity Trustees recruits Equipsuper chief executive, Robin Burns, as new managing director....

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Financial planning

Former Deloitte and NAB executive Kay Thawley has been appointed to head up Industry Fund Services....

Editorial

It is time for Industry Super Network's David Whiteley to put down the verbal cudgels and for his industry funds’ backers to cease their consequent expenditure of members...

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Financial planning

US insurer AIG has reached an agreement with four parties to settle their legal disputes....

Superannuation

Fraud affects all super funds, not just SMSFs: Sharyn Long....

Financial planning

Bank of New York Mellon chairman calls for global reforms, warning that no institution is too big to fail....

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Financial planning

The board of the Financial Planning Association is considering raising the minimum education standard for advisers to a tertiary level. ...

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Financial planning

The chairman of the parliamentary inquiry into the financial services industry believes that while the payment links between product providers, advisers and clients are ‘...

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Funds management

A lack of assertiveness by super funds against fund managers suggests they are captive to agents and service providers, according to the chair of the Government's review ...

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