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AMP has announced a range of upgrades to its retail and corporate superannuation products and moved contemporary super products to the short form PDS regime....

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Financial planning

Financial adviser-sold retail risk insurance outside superannuation is set to grow at 9 per cent per annum over the next 15 years, according to a Rice Warner report into ...

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People & Products

FMD Financial has announced its successful merger with FMD Group member Reynolds Williams and Associates and the appointment of former Perpetual Private Wealth executive ...

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Superannuation

SPAA has warned SMSFs need to remain cautious despite a recent ATO interpretive decision on assets used as security for personal loans. ...

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Superannuation

Jennifer Brookhouse outlines the issues to consider when deciding whether a superannuation death benefit going to a child should be paid as an income stream or into a tes...

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Financial planning

The sale of an industrial allotment on Brisbane's south-side has seen property fund manager CYRE Trilogy produce an additional 12.7 per cent gain for investors in its Bri...

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Financial planning

Chartered accounting and financial advisory firm William Buck has strengthened its audit specialisation with the appointment of a new director of the company's audit and ...

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Financial planning

The number of students in Certified Financial Planner (CFP) aligned courses more than doubled in 2011 and the industry is now viewing graduate entrants more favourably, a...

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Financial planning

The current round of reforms attempt to manage conflicts of interest in the industry, but they won't be eliminated unless there is a structural separation of product and ...

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Financial planning

Count chief Andrew Gale has announced his departure from the dealer group, having resigned from his roles as chief executive officer, managing director and director....

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Financial planning

The County Court of Victoria has sentenced the former director of International Consulting Group Pty Ltd to a total of three years and two months jail on charges brought ...

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People & Products

FIIG Securities has hired Andrew Gordon as new fixed income research director....

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Superannuation

David Court takes a look at two consequences of a member's bankruptcy that will directly impact on an SMSF and provides a number of strategies on how to respond to them....

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Financial planning

A Gold Coast-based unlicensed financial services business has been issued interim court orders by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC)....

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People & Products

Vanguard Australia founder Jeremy Duffield has been appointed a non-executive director of the MLC board....

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