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Financial planning

Northern Trust has continued its Asia-Pacific expansion with opening of Seoul office. ...

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Superannuation

Vertical integration is off the radar for the time being but may come back if amendments to the FOFA legislation are revived according to ISA. ...

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Financial planning

Westpac will sell five of its Pacific Island banking operations as it focuses on Fiji and Papua New Guinea....

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Financial planning

FPA backs FSI recommendation that ASIC be given product intervention powers. ...

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Life/Risk

Cromwell Property Group has entered a conditional deal to purchase European property funds manager, Valad Europe, for $208 million....

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People & Products

TAL parent, Dai-ichi, announces North American and Asia-Pacific expansion plans....

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Financial planning

FPA chief executive Mark Rantall has asked members to imagine a profession that is highly regarded and urged them to get behind recommended changes to higher education an...

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Superannuation

AIST urges Government not to adopt Board of Taxation’s recommendations lifting the super payment threshold for low income workers to $1350 a quarter....

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Funds management

Perpetual has announced net inflows of $500 million for the December quarter largely driven by inflows into Perpetual Equity Investment Company Limited, the group’s firs...

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Financial planning

SPAA chief executive, Andrea Slattery, says SMSF trustees should feel comforted by the level of regulatory scrutiny the sector receives....

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Financial planning

The Capital Markets Cooperative Research Centre says ASIC chairman, Greg Medcraft, is off the mark when he pushes for a national exam in the absence of evidence it will a...

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Financial planning

AFA Chief Commercial Officer Anne Fuchs will leave the association after six months in the role to take on a distribution role with Sunsuper....

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Financial planning

The raft of reviews and inquiries into the financial planning sector has created the optimal set of circumstances in which to lift professional and educational standards ...

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Financial planning

The FPA will drop its efforts to enshrine 'financial planner' under law claiming it would be automatically protected if recommendations from the PJC are adopted by the Fe...

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Financial planning

Standard Life opens new offices amid continued global growth....

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