CHIEF EXECUTIVE

Financial planning

Ethics classes for financial planners should be fundamental to the new education standards, with self-regulation a near impossible benchmark for the profession, two indus...

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People & Products

Bennelong Funds Management has announced that Craig Bingham will assume the position of chief executive from 20 October....

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Superannuation

Debate over Australia’s superannuation fees should be focused on overall performance rather than cost, AVCAL believes....

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Editorial

The major institutions are right to take the lead on lifting educational standards in the financial planning space....

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Editorial

While ASIC continues to press for more powers with respect to bank management staff and product design, Mike Taylor writes that the real answer lies in successfully separ...

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Editorial

In the third in this series on equity investing, Hugh Young discusses the importance of fair treatment of shareholders....

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Financial planning

FIIG appointed lead arranger in $40 million corporate bond offering....

Financial planning

Bravura Solutions recruits Minter Ellison’s Martin Deda as new CFO....

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Financial planning

Centrepoint looks to grow mortgage footprint across broader business with key appointment....

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Life/Risk

Suncorp Life chief executive, Geoff Summerhayes wants Treasury to get life/risk legacy product rationalisation back on agenda....

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Life/Risk

ANZ has used its second submission to the FSI to back the imposition of time limits on life insurance claims similar to those applying to general insurance....

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Superannuation

ISA claims it supports non-conflicted financial planning advice and its position on non-conflicted superannuation puts it on the same side of popular opinion...

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Superannuation

The Federal Government’s deal with PUP to secure the scrapping of the mining tax has united the financial services industry in condemning the delay to lifting the SG....

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Financial planning

Challenger launches notes issue aimed at raising $250 million to expand annuities business....

Financial planning

AIA extends the number of platforms on which its insurance offerings are available....

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