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Financial planning

Inadequate professional indemnity (PI) insurance is proving a major compliance hurdle for financial planning dealer groups, the Australian Securities and Investments Comm...

Financial planning

The financial services industry has experienced increasing levels of regulation during the past few years, with one of the primary objectives being better protection for ...

Financial planning

Without a doubt, the introduction of the Financial Services Reform Act (FSRA) on March 11 was a watershed for the industry....

Financial planning

Michael Migro had a stellar career in Australia, but when he joined Principal Global Investors in the US, the world got a whole lot bigger. Freya Purnell reports....

Financial planning

Australians investing in international equities received a windfall this year, with signs of recovery in all major world markets....

Financial planning

The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has released a practical guide on constructing Statements of Advice (SOAs) to its members in a bid to minimise the administrative...

People & Products

Former Sagitta Wealth Management chief executive Peter Martin has abandoned plans to kick-off a new venture, Rismark International, after splitting with a consortium that...

Financial planning

Rivkin Financial Services may have a saviour in sight with IWL shelling out more than $2.5million to take a 10 per cent stake in the embattled group founded by disgraced ...

Funds management

Colonial First State has signed an exclusive deal to take research from global property specialists Colliers International, in a move that will also result in Colliers be...

Financial planning

IOOF has made an aggressive bid for a share of the administration market, renaming its in-house back office subsidiary Australian Financial Planning Network as OutScope a...

Financial planning

Three giants of the superannuation industry have combined in a bid to tackle the ongoing issue of financial illiteracy after conducting research that found almost 60 per ...

Financial planning

Downward pressure on fees in the industry continues with MLC and ING the latest heavyweights to signal better deals for consumers by both announcing a raft of changes to ...

Financial planning

The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia has picked up where it left off prior to the Federal Election and is back on the lobby trail appealing for the re-ins...

Financial planning

The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has been forced to defend itself against accusations that it will not be able to police its own self imposed get-tough codes on s...

Financial planning

St George Bank-owned Ascalon Capital Managers has acquired an equity stake of up to 46 per cent in Alleron Investment Management, to bring the number of boutique fund man...

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Insignia Financial has made four appointments, including three who have joined from TAL, to lead strategy and innovation in its retirement solutions for the MLC brand....

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