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Financial planning

AMP has announced plans to acquire Cavendish Group and set up a new self-managed super fund (SMSF) business unit....

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Financial planning

ASIC has obtained declarations and orders in the South Australian Registry of the Federal Court against Australia AFT Finance Markets....

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Financial planning

City Index Australasia and its director Blair Jason Travers have been found guilty in Melbourne's Federal Court of a cold-calling scam that promised to generate returns f...

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Financial planning

Most financial advisers want access to a broad Approved Product List (APL) before they make the decision to join a licensee....

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Superannuation

The ban on off-market transfers for self-managed superannuation funds will not go ahead as planned from 1 July 2012, and is likely to be delayed for one year, according t...

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Superannuation

The cost of registering as a self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) auditor is likely to be in the hundreds of dollars rather than thousands, according to SMSF Professio...

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Superannuation

The average return of the median growth superannuation fund has fallen 2.3 per cent in May but there is still a chance of a positive financial year return, according to t...

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Financial planning

AMP Capital has completed a first investment for the Irish Infrastructure Fund - a wind farm....

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People & Products

The Financial Ombudsman Service will soon add three new executive general managers to its leadership group, while the first terms of office of its directors have expired,...

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Funds management

The liquidity issues that caused a number of mortgage funds to be frozen at the height of the global financial crisis have been addressed and these funds can now offer re...

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Funds management

Disillusionment with the funds management industry and a hunger for transparency among clients is fuelling a move towards direct equities....

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People & Products

Schroders has appointed David Heard and Ray David as equity analysts to the Australian equities team....

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Funds management

A former director of fund manager Sovereign MF has been banned from providing financial services for four years....

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Financial planning

Omega Investors links with Local Government Super to launch new government bond strategy....

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Funds management

Over the past 20 years, Australian shares have outperformed residential investment property and fixed interest, according to the latest Russell Investments/ASX Long-Term ...

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