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Funds management

This year will see a significant increase in the number of available ETFs in the Australian market as well as an increase in ETF providers, according to ETF Consulting....

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Superannuation

New research by industry super fund REST reveals the degree to which Gen Y's require guidance on superannuation objectives....

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Superannuation

The Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees is advocating the appointment of more women to superannuation fund boards....

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Financial planning

The Trustee Corporations Associations of Australia has folded into the Financial Services Council to grow its membership base....

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People & Products

Westpac group has announced two senior appointments, with George Frazis to head up St George Bank and Peter Clare to take over the reins at Westpac New Zealand....

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Funds management

Proposed fund disclosure requirements for hedge funds have industry support, but experts say that the guidelines should extend to all complex investment schemes and that ...

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Policy & Regulation

Both the FPA and AFA have distilled their lobbying on FOFA to sets of key issues and vow to maintain the fight....

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Superannuation

Freya Purnell takes a closer look at what life after Stronger Super might bring to the superannuation sector....

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Editorial

Mike Taylor writes that the failure of the industry’s critics to distinguish between the failure of product and the failure of advice is continuing to tarnish the reputat...

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Superannuation

Member companies of the FSC will adhere to corporate governance standards higher than many believe are being met by industry super funds....

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Editorial

ING Direct has reported a 10 per cent growth in net profit after tax to $304.3 million, with retail deposits up 12 per cent to $26.1 billion....

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Financial planning

With little new business being written, most financial planning practices are reluctant to take on new staff - but there are still opportunities out there for recent grad...

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Financial planning

The latest Financial Services Council chief investment officer index reveals Europe still acting as a serious drag on sentiment....

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Financial planning

Mason Stevens has merged with 2020 Funds Management and 2020 DIRECTINVEST with a view to improving its scale, distribution and variety of product offerings....

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Superannuation

The SPAA has come out strongly against the Government's changes to the concessional contributions regime, saying it "falls short of a workable solution"....

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