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Financial planning

An established client base for advisers is a core principle at Premium. Ross Kellyreports....

Financial planning

Australia’s most public example of succession planning Jordan Rivkin, talks to Rebecca Evans about his new interest towards long-term investment propositions and the fina...

Financial planning

National Australia Bank has confirmed the appointment of former Citigroup chief executive Ahmed Fahour to the newly created role of chief executive officer Australia and ...

Financial planning

The Investment and Financial Services Association has honoured some of the industry’s leading authorities in technical services, taxation, public policy and administratio...

Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission is satisfied Australian fund managers are not breaching the Corporations Act through late trading or market timing, d...

Financial planning

Brickworks Investment Company is aiming to boost its underlying investment portfolio through the acquisition of Pacific Strategic Investments following the pair reaching ...

Financial planning

AXA Australia’s half yearly results have been overshadowed with a bombshell announcement of a takeover of the remaining independently owned shares in the local operation ...

Financial planning

Rivkin Financial Services stakeholders continue to jostle for control with talks of mergers and takeovers rife and corporate raider Farooq Khan calling on the dismissal o...

People & Products

ING Australia has lost its executive director of advice Tony Hartley with chief executive Paul Bedbrook swiftly announcing senior executive Colin Morgan as his replacemen...

Financial planning

Trust Company of Australia is narrowing its strategic focus after announcing the sale of its equity custody arm to ANZ and plans to offload its Permanent Business Adviser...

Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission and the New Zealand Securities Commission have reached an agreement to explore opportunities to cooperate in the regu...

Financial planning

Zurich Financial Services has recruited former AMP head of e-business Barry Tomkinson to a key executive posting focused on strategy, in what represents a pointed effort ...

Funds management

A group of property investment seminar promoters have agreed to consent orders in the Federal Court to correct misrepresentations allegedly made in material promoting a s...

Life/Risk

Former Australian Securities and Investments Commission chairman David Knott has been recruited by the Insurance Council of Australia to assess public submissions on the ...

People & Products

Federal Treasurer Peter Costello has announced the appointment of a new deputy chairman of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission, filling a vacancy left op...

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