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Financial planning

Recently departed chief operating officer of Tower, Ken Boag, has resurfaced after taking on a new role as chief executive officer at Sydney-based financial services grou...

People & Products

Navigator managing director Marc Mengler will step down from the role this Friday, stating “given the recent changes, it was a good time to leave”....

Financial planning

The assets of worldwide managed funds have experienced a flat 2003 first quarter, with net assets declining marginally from their level at the end of 2002 by 0.06 per cen...

Financial planning

The ongoing deal to recapitalise the Tower group has hit further turbulence with the New Zealand-based Hanover Group criticising the role of the Guinness Peat Group (GPG)...

Financial planning

The Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) has backed the Financial Planning Association’s (FPA) recent comments in defending the Financial Services Reform ...

People & Products

Colonial First State (CFS) chief executive John Pearce became the latest addition to the Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) board of directors after bei...

Financial planning

Colonial First State (CFS) has signed IOOF retail funds management general manager Richard Nunn to the general manager distribution role recently vacated by Michael Cant....

Financial planning

The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia will make a series of recommendations to industry regulators and the Federal Government on a standard level of disclo...

Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) and the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) have called for a greater industry effort to b...

Financial planning

Sanford Securities chairman Clive Hall resigned late last week in the light of IWL’s move to compulsorily acquire the less than 5 per cent of the group’s stock it is yet ...

Financial planning

Tower Limited has opted for what it deems a “fairer” and more “certain” recapitalisation proposal after abandoning the option proposed by Guinness Peat Group in favour of...

Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has released details of how it will administer conduct and disclosure requirements for financial planners unde...

Financial planning

The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has slammed a recommendation by the Federal Joint Parliamentary Committee on Corporations and Financial Services that may allow a...

Financial planning

Tower Australia has appointed former Royal & SunAlliance general manager sales and marketing Ken Brewer as the new head of its recently restructured Pivotal dealer group....

People & Products

Treasurer Peter Costello has announced the appointment of Dr John Laker as chairman and Ross Jones as deputy chairman of the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (A...

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