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Superannuation

The Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees is advocating the appointment of more women to superannuation fund boards....

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Financial planning

AMP is looking to increase the number of Horizons Academy recruitments, with at least five intakes planned for 2012....

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Financial planning

The former directors of Australian Capital Reserve have been sentenced to separate terms of imprisonment by the NSW District Court following an investigation by ASIC....

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Financial planning

The Futuro Financial Services brand may survive under the ownership of AMP, despite the plan to have its financial planners licensed under Charter Financial Planning....

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Life/Risk

Dealer group Synchron has accused life insurance companies and the Financial Services Council of deeming all discontinued life policies as churn, and presenting figures a...

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Financial planning

AMP has invested in Futuro Financial Services, taking an initial 10 per cent minority stake with a plan to take full ownership of the business in five years....

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Financial planning

Former Trio director John Godfrey enters into enforceable undertaking with APRA....

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Financial planning

With little new business being written, most financial planning practices are reluctant to take on new staff - but there are still opportunities out there for recent grad...

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Financial planning

ASIC has permanently banned a former financial adviser and company director after an investigation revealed he transferred more than $200,000 from client accounts for his...

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Financial planning

Social media such as Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn are more about marketing the services of financial planners than about advice delivery....

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People & Products

Rice Warner actuaries have appointed Mark Blair as a principal of the firm to head its superannuation consulting practice....

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Life/Risk

Different policy proposals are being suggested by the insurance industry to combat churn, but they have not been universally accepted. Who should be responsible for effor...

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Policy & Regulation

A perception that volume rebates from product issuers to dealer groups will be allowed "in some shape or form" by the FOFA reforms prompted a turnaround in financial plan...

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People & Products

Soon-to-retire QIC chief Doug McTaggart has been appointed to the Suncorp board....

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Editorial

Portfolio administration firm Praemium has announced a $3.3 million net loss before tax for the first half of the 2011/12 financial year....

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