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Financial planning

Count Financial Limited’s Barry Lambert has announced his retirement plans and will hang up the gloves as Count managing director sometime in 2006. Far from putting his f...

Editorial

Investor fear and greed have always been major market motivators....

Accounting

Accountants are set to take the moral high ground over advisers on soft dollar remuneration after developing a new code of conduct that takes a much tougher stance than t...

Financial planning

IOOF is refusing to rule out hitting the acquisition trail – given it is debt-free and has $70 million in the bank – but stresses it won’t be making any rash decisions an...

Financial planning

A new survey has reinforced superannuation fund member apathy towards choice of fund with findings that only one in 10 people are likely to switch funds when the new regi...

Financial planning

Australia’s second largest dealer group has confirmed the scepticism of market analysts by all but abandoning plans for a proposed public listing....

Financial planning

A double barrelled attack has been unleashed by the Financial Planning Association and Investment and Financial Services Association enforcing tough new guidelines on pay...

Financial planning

Pengana Capital will announce the launch of a new small companies division early next week as the boutique fund manager continues its strategy of adding specialist offeri...

Financial planning

The financial planning job market has moved on from its compliance myopia. Ross Kelly has the low down on the skills that will get you that dream job....

Superannuation

The average superannuation balance at retirement of females has been found to be about half that of males, according to a new survey by the Association of Superannuation ...

Financial planning

ING Australia has created four new business units and restructured its executive line-up as part of a strategy to better capitalise on its major distribution channels....

Financial planning

Financial planners are expected to get the first glimpse at the latest get tough approach to policing the profession this week, with the Financial Planning Association (F...

Financial planning

Institutions considering making a trade bid for the wealth management arm of Tower ahead of a possible move to separately list the business unit have been warned they are...

Financial planning

Tribeca Learning has confirmed its bid to acquire the Strategist Group after signing a heads of agreement with the self managed superannuation fund education firm ahead o...

Financial planning

National Australia Bank, despite reporting a healthy operating profit for its wealth management business, has ended an otherwise tough year on a bad note after today repo...

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MARKET INSIGHTS

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

2 days 13 hours ago

It’s astonishing to see the FAAA now pushing for more advisers by courting "career changers" and international recruits,...

3 weeks ago

increased professionalism within the industry - shouldn't that say, FAR register almost halving in the last 24 months he...

4 weeks ago

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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A former Brisbane financial adviser has been charged with 26 counts of dishonest conduct regarding a failure to disclose he would receive substantial commission payments ...

1 day 11 hours ago

Pinnacle Investment Management has announced it will acquire strategic interests in two international fund managers for $142 million....

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