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Financial planning

It has been a tough year for platform providers, with three out of six largest platforms reporting negative net flows for the year ending June 2011, according to data pub...

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Financial planning

Commonwealth Financial Planning has offered an enforceable undertaking to ASIC as it seeks to strengthen its risk management framework following indiscretions from a "sma...

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Financial planning

The expectation of a change in Government and consequent changes to the Future of Financial Advice (FOFA) legislation has created serious uncertainty and prompted at leas...

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Superannuation

The gap between industry super funds and the big six retail superannuation funds has significantly shrunk over the past year in terms of customer satisfaction, according ...

Superannuation

The gap between industry super funds and the big six retail superannuation funds has significantly shrunk over the past year in terms of customer satisfaction, according ...

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Superannuation

Asgard is pushing its new Infinity platform as being cheaper than most public offer industry superannuation funds....

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Financial planning

Asgard is pushing its new Infinity platform as being cheaper than most public offer industry superannuation funds....

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Financial planning

Deborah Wixted questions whether provisions of limited relief regarding excess contributions tax could be classified as 'relief'....

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People & Products

CommInsure has appointed Lachlan MacDonald as its state manager for Queensland....

People & Products

CommInsure has appointed Lachlan MacDonald as its state manager for Queensland....

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Financial planning

Van Eyk has decided to maintain its rating of two Australian share funds managed by CFS despite the departure of senior portfolio manager Martin Littler....

Editorial

The Commonwealth Bank has moved to acquire Count Financial and, as Mike Taylor reports, pragmatism and the realities of the FOFA changes are the driving forces behind the...

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Financial planning

Standard & Poor's Fund Services has placed the Colonial First State (CFS) Wholesale Australia Long Short Core Fund 'on hold'....

Editorial

The Government has proposed retaining higher concessional contributions caps for those aged 50 or over, however Craig Day argues imposing eligibility criteria needs furth...

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Financial planning

Retention bonuses and open architecture are at the centre of CBA's bid to keep Count Financial planners on board....

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