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The Commonwealth Bank has confirmed a cut in its dividend but reported a better quarter for wealth management....

Financial planning

The response to Wayne Swan's 2009 Federal Budget has been mixed, with various financial services bodies choosing to view the super changes in different lights, ranging fr...

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People & Products

Former Genesys head of private clients and technical takes Netwealth role....

Financial planning

The Finance Sector Union is in negotiations with the Association of Independently-Owned Financial Planners to appoint it as its preferred provider of financial planning s...

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Financial planning

Cuts its group office workforce by 7.6 per cent and restructures a number of departments following a reassessment of staffing....

Editorial

It would have come as no surprise to the chief executive of the Financial Planning Association, Jo-Anne Bloch, that she was subject to some stern questioning from the flo...

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Financial planning

Product contains more defensive assets and deposited cash to prevent investors selling immature assets....

Financial planning

Tough times in the United Kingdom financial services industry has seen Australian-based Praemium initiate a cost-containment strategy, including cutting jobs....

Financial planning

But a leading industry educator says any difficulties with financial advisers are related to commission arrangements and supervision, not education....

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Financial planning

Calls for effective leadership on transitioning to a low-carbon economy in the midst of the global financial crisis....

Financial planning

Industry body says criticisms of its new planner remuneration guidelines represent short-term thinking and "run counter to the best interests of planners, clients and the...

Editorial

Westpac Banking Corporation has reported just a 1 per cent fall in net profit for the six months to the end of March, but BT Financial Group has tended to struggle....

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People & Products

Select Asset Management has been appointed to manage three investment funds of Melbourne portfolio solutions provider Finovia Portfolio Solutions....

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Financial planning

New research commissioned by the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees has urged the recruitment of women and younger people for trustee boards....

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Financial planning

The Association of Financial Advisers has differed with the FPA on the phasing out of commissions, claiming its position is more aligned with the interests of financial p...

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