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Financial planning

Ex-PriceWaterhouseCoopers partner Tony Rumble and ex-ING strategist Tony Negline have teamed up to start up research venture, Savings Factory....

Financial planning

The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has expressed disappointment at the rejection of the Choice of Fund Bill in the Senate on Wednesday....

Financial planning

Fund managers should take a bigger role in social issues facing Australia, according to Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) chief executive Lynn Ralph....

Funds management

In preparation for the roll out of retail and wholesale fund of funds hedge funds later this year, Colonial First State has appointed as its hedge funds consultants, Harc...

Financial planning

ING has taken a 13 per cent strategic stake in InvestorWeb, becoming the second biggest shareholder in the research and technology outfit....

Financial planning

ipac will be opening an office in Melbourne in September after buying out local planning business Albert & Will....

Financial planning

InvestorWeb has cut a deal with the AMP-owned financial planning business Hillross Financial Services to roll out the VisiPlan software to more than 70 Hillross sites....

Financial planning

Financial planners who traded their businesses for shares in consolidator Stockford may have lost up to half the value of their business in a day after Stockford’s share ...

Financial planning

Australian accounting firms that operate under the worldwide MGI banner are to merge to form a new financial planning group called Acquest which plans to list in October....

Financial planning

Perpetual’s share registry joint venture with the Australian Stock Exchange, ASX Perpetual Registrars has settled its long-standing legal wrangle with Computershare....

Financial planning

Former Tower Asset Management chief executive Derek Goodyer has settled a legal battle against his former employer, Tower....

Financial planning

Nick Bedding is to take over from David Catchpole in the top job at Tasmanian financial planning and stockbroking firm Shadforths....

Financial planning

The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has scored a massive victory in its battle against alienation of personal services income legislation, managing to obtain what is...

Financial planning

Ipac is to unveil a program of equity options to financial planning firms this week in an effort to become Australia’s “national, pre-eminent advice and implementation gr...

Editorial

An industry superannuation fund that is recommended by financial planners - I don't think so. That is the perception of many in the financial planning community, but as S...

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