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The Mawson Group will this year offer its advisers the chance of an equity stake in the group, according to chairman Peter Johnson....

Financial planning

There’s a big supply and demand problem in financial planning, according to one industry figure....

Accounting

Money Management’s inaugural Top 100 dealer survey has proved what many in the industry have long suspected – that accountants are fast gaining a foothold in the industry...

Financial planning

Providing incidental financial planning advice in the course of normal accounting practice has emerged as the sleeping giant of the CLERP 6 proposals....

Financial planning

The Financial Planning Association is to audit financial planning groups to en-sure its members adhere to the association's disclosure regime....

Financial planning

From a rocky start six years ago, the Colonial Partners is paying dividends for its parent group. John Wilkinson traces the trailblazing path left by one of the first pla...

Financial planning

IRD casts eyes over life companies The Inland Revenue Department (IRD) is auditing several life companies as its review of the life insurance taxation regime steps up a g...

Financial planning

Associated Planners grew its turnover by 25 per cent to $37.5 million in the finan-cial year to end June 1999....

Financial planning

Hillross Financial Services is to begin a mail-out to 2,500 of its investors in its PortfolioCare Investment Service this week, following news its disclosure docu-ments m...

Financial planning

The Financial Planning Association is to audit financial planning groups to ensure its members adhere to the association’s disclosure regime....

Policy & Regulation

The Inland Revenue Department (IRD) is auditing several life companies as its review of the life insurance taxation regime steps up a gear....

Financial planning

Financial planners are not alone in the firing line when it comes to ensuring all contact with clients is above board, according to an industry figure....

Financial planning

The superannuation choice of fund proposal has been on the Federal Government’s to do list since the Coalition came to power in 1996. And while the Government considers i...

Financial planning

Three agricultural investment schemes and a feature movie proposal, totalling almost $2 million in investments, have been stopped by the ASIC in the last four weeks....

Financial planning

More than $3.4 billion in superannuation has been lost by Australians, with the amount held in unclaimed accounts growing by more than $1 billion a year....

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