CHIEF EXECUTIVE

Financial planning

MacarthurCook Industrial Fund (MIF) shareholders have voted against the removal of MacarthurCook Funds Management as the responsible entity of the fund that Real Estate C...

Financial planning

Colonal First State has restructured its financial planning businesses into a single entity....

Financial planning

Some banks that provide loans to financial planning businesses are beginning to question the value of financial advice firms that drive business off superannuation invest...

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Financial planning

The head of Rabobank's Chile operations will replace Bruce Dick as chief executive of Rabobank Australia and New Zealand....

Financial planning

As the Ripoll Inquiry probes deeper into some of the failures in the financial planning industry, the Association of Financial Advisers has urged greater planner focus on...

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Financial planning

RetireInvest to be known as RI Advice Group in a move that will create opportunity in the broader market....

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Life/Risk

MLC Group Insurance has been appointed as insurer to the Sisters of Mercy Staff Superannuation Scheme....

Financial planning

Departure of Bovingdon from Aberdeen sees Standard & Poor's place fixed income funds 'on hold'....

Financial planning

Sydney-based asset manager Astarra Asset Management has reached a milestone, managing $1 billion dollars of investors' assets, according to chief executive Shawn Richard....

Financial planning

Dealer group RetireInvest has outsourced some of its technical requirements to specialist company Strategy Steps....

Financial planning

The AIOFP has put out tenders to eight platform providers to provide four white label platforms in an effort to ultimately lower the cost of fee-for-service to its member...

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Financial planning

With new research revealing that Australian superannuation fund members remained rusted on to their funds despite the GFC, there are calls for more focus on the quality o...

Financial planning

Captstone has conducted a national survey to determine how remuneration changes will impact planning practices within its network....

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Financial planning

A new survey of fund managers around the world suggests it is too early to call an end to the global financial crisis....

Funds management

Ascalon working with former Macquarie team to launch boutique hedge fund....

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Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...

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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...

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Interesting. Would be good to know the details of the StrategyOne deal....

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SuperRatings has shared the median estimated return for balanced superannuation funds for the calendar year 2024, finding the year achieved “strong and consistent positiv...

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Original bidder Bain Capital, which saw its first offer rejected in December, has returned with a revised bid for Insignia Financial....

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A relevant provider has received a written direction from the Financial Services and Credit Panel after a superannuation rollover resulted in tax bill of over $200,000 fo...

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