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Western Australian financial services group BankWest has launched a new financial planning company - BWA Financial Services - targeting a broad spectrum of its existing c...

Financial planning

Australian boutique investment bank Mariner Corporate Finance - a joint venture between Bill Ireland’s Mariner Financial firm and Melbourne-based corporate adviser David ...

Financial planning

The financal services industry should abandon its focus on end-of-month performance figures with investors needing to understand quarterly data at least presents a more a...

Financial planning

Deutsche Asset Management has announced the head of DB Real Estate Mark Ford will retire due to ill-health, with former Westfield Holdings funds management head Victor Ho...

Financial planning

The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has announced the appointment of Kerrie Kelly as its new chief executive....

Financial planning

A former Adelaide investment adviser closely escaped a two year jail term yesterday following 62 charges brought by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (...

Financial planning

Blind client trust and internal procedural failings within financial planning firms are the two over-riding factors allowing fraud to go unchecked, an anticipated report ...

Financial planning

While some advisers only use external paraplanning services when they are starting up their businesses, many practices are realising the benefits of making this temporary...

Financial planning

Sealcorp dealer group Pact will be rolled into its sister dealership Securitor later in the year in a bid to sharpen brand focus and respond to the changing needs of its ...

Financial planning

Aggrieved investors of AM Corporation’s LifeTrack Diversified Traded Policies (DTP) fund have formally appointed litigation funding firm IMF (Australia), as momentum for ...

Financial planning

Tower Limited has completed a major reshuffle of its board following the appointment of two new directors - John Spencer and Maurice Loomes....

Financial planning

AMP has agreed to implement hub provider InvestmentLink’s SuperChoice contribution hub, enabling the insurance giant to receive direct superannuation contributions from e...

Financial planning

Fraud in financial services will come under close scrutiny next month when a hard hitting and potentially industry damaging report on the issue is released....

Financial planning

Financial planners have generally steered away from partnering with mortgage brokers, but it may be time to reconsider. Mike Taylor reports....

Editorial

Property syndicates remain one of the easiest and most popular forms of investment in direct property – but when is the best time to invest? John Wilkinson reports....

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