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Financial planning
Implementation of the Federal Budget superannuation initiatives will result in intense competition between fund managers to develop pension products and services to attra...
Financial planning
Auditor KPMG has defended itself against claims that it had some responsibility for the losses incurred by investors in the failed Westpoint group of companies....
Financial planning
After last week revealing it would consider settling out of court with clients who lost funds in Westpoint’s failed products, Professional Investment Services has deflect...
Financial planning
AMP expects the focus of financial advice to shift as a result of the proposed changes to superannuation announced in this year’s Federal Budget, but has rejected suggest...
Financial planning
Professional Investment Services (PIS) is considering whether to settle with clients who lost money in Westpoint’s failed investment schemes rather than face court, acco...
Life/Risk
Since the introduction of superannuation freedom of choice legislation, there has been a greater focus on finding the best funds for clients. Most of the focus has been o...
Editorial
Macquarie Bank has announced a 13 per cent increase in its reported earnings for the year to March 31, 2006....
Financial planning
Dealer Management Systems (DMS) has received a major boost with Count Financial signing up for its commission processing system....
Financial planning
Commonwealth Bank/Colonial First State (CBA/CFS) has topped a list of “Super Star” performers in the platform space for 2005 based on research that considered a combinati...
Financial planning
US fund manager LSV has stated that it will not launch another Australian fund once its initial offering has been completed....
Life/Risk
Shadow shopper has revealed a “surprisingly” low percentage of consumers received life insurance advice although, according to industry experts, the responsibility lies o...
Financial planning
Australian Financial Services is now standing on its own two feet as an independent dealer group, following its 39.7 per cent shareholding buy-back from Zurich Financial ...
Financial planning
In a rare move, Aviva Australia has given an insight into its financial performance by announcing a 31 per cent rise in pre-tax profits of $160 million for 2005....
Superannuation
After you’ve clocked up a few years in the workforce, those fantasies about driving off into the sunset seem to come up a lot more frequently. But if the federal governme...
Financial planning
The UK Government encouraging people not to use timber from native forests will have little impact on Australian forestry managed investment schemes, according to three m...
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This verdict highlights something deeply wrong and rotten at the heart of the FSCP. We are witnessing a heavy-handed, op...
Interesting. Would be good to know the details of the StrategyOne deal....
It’s astonishing to see the FAAA now pushing for more advisers by courting "career changers" and international recruits,...