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Financial planning

Listed dealer group Snowball is one step closer to having an independent and non-executive board after two members of its board of directors resigned....

Financial planning

QIC nabs Perennial’s Smith for new role

Wholesale fund manager QIC has appointed Cliff Smith to the newly created role of managing director for Institutional Business....

Financial planning

Banks keep taking risks on offshore market funding: Fitch

The Australian banking system’s reliance on wholesale funding from offshore markets remains a key risk to its stability in 2011, according to a new report....

Superannuation

SMSF breaches decline

SMSF breaches are declining as the sector matures and as the taking of transition to retirement options rises....

Financial planning

Jail time for Melbourne-based mortgage broker

A Melbourne-based mortgage broker has been sentenced to almost five years in jail and ordered to pay $1.2 million in compensation to investors for operating a Ponzi schem...

Funds management

ETFs to surge in 2011: Russell

The Australian exchange traded fund market is set to grow from less than $4 billion in assets under management in December 2010 to more than $6 billion in 2011, according...

People & Products

Women mentorship program kicks off in March

A number of women from the banking, finance and insurance sectors have been selected to participate in a mentoring and professional development program, co-hosted by Wome...

Financial planning

Investors less likely to take money and run

New research suggests investors are more inclined to reinvest dividends than cash them out....

Financial planning

Proxy advisers under scrutiny

There is concern about the amount of influence proxy advisers have over Australian financial institutions when voting in the meetings of the public companies they invest ...

Financial planning

Financial services employers cautious

Economic uncertainty takes momentum out of financial services employment market but demand remains for planners. ...

Financial planning

AMP’s acquisition of AXA set for early March

AMP appoints an integration director as the acquisition of AXA AP moves towards final phases....

Life/Risk

Insurers well covered for Queensland floods

Fitch Ratings reveals which insurers are exposed and by how much to the Queensland floods....

Editorial

Making the professional grade

As the debate surrounding tertiary education for financial planners moves from whether it should be compulsory to what degree should count, Ashleigh McIntyre writes that ...