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Financial planning

Australian Unity Investments will be winding up its High Yield Mortgage Trust via a series of payments over the next three years....

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Financial planning

If Industry Super Network has ended 2011 as the industry's big winner, it came at the expense of the financial planning industry....

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Financial planning

Changes to the delivery of intra-fund financial advice preclude recommendations to consolidate superannuation accounts or move from one fund to another, but still fall sh...

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Financial planning

Self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) specialist Multiport has partnered with dealer group InterPrac to provide daily administration, compliance and reporting services ...

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Financial planning

Three industry executives have launched a networking site for investment professionals in an attempt to end opaque and unscrupulous behaviour surrounding investment recom...

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Financial planning

Research and ratings house van Eyk has gone digital with the launch of a new iPad app, The van Eyk View - a monthly version of van Eyk's long-running client newsletter....

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People & Products

FMD Financial has announced its successful merger with FMD Group member Reynolds Williams and Associates and the appointment of former Perpetual Private Wealth executive ...

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Financial planning

Van Eyk has acquired financial services consulting firm the Encore Group for an undisclosed sum....

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Financial planning

Concern for the global investment market has deepened over the past year, as European sovereign debt and slow growth in China continues to drive market volatility, accord...

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Financial planning

Fee-for-service financial advisers will be more likely to find value in unbundling services rather than using an all-in-one wrap, according to Sharesight executive direct...

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Financial planning

The Australian annuities market is tipped to reach $2 billion by the end of the 2011 calendar year, making it the biggest-selling year for annuities since 2004, according...

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Life/Risk

Suncorp has purchased AMP's General Insurance Distribution (AMP GID), securing the business for Suncorp for the long term, the two groups announced today....

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Financial planning

The board of Australian Financial Services Group (AFS Group) has backed the company's chief executive, Peter Daly, in the face of reports of adverse comments attributed t...

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Financial planning

The tortuous progress of the FOFA reforms and ongoing industry consolidation has defined 2011 for the financial services sector, write Tim Stewart and Milana Pokrajac....

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Financial planning

Specialist financial services technology provider DST Global Solutions has been named European Asset Servicing Technology Vendor of the Year as part of the eighth annual ...

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