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People & Products

Professional Investment Services will appoint a new chief executive for its advice business, with co-founder and chief executive Robbie Bennetts to take a step back from ...

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People & Products

Tower Australia has lured Aviva's Victoria and Tasmania sales manager, Craig Parker....

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Financial planning

Regulators think that investors should not pay for advice and should be in an index fund, according to chief executive of Franklin Templeton Investments Greg Johnson....

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Financial planning

Trust in super falling but Australians have finally been shaken out of apathy, according to the Mercer Superannuation Sentiment Index....

Financial planning

ANZ will transition the wealth management and insurance businesses it acquired from ING to a new name and brand by the end of this year, ANZ's Australian chief executive,...

Financial planning

Research conducted by CoreData has pointed to an increasing number of high-net-worth individuals making "ultra-conservative" investment decisions....

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Superannuation

MLC has called for an extension of the powers of the Superannuation Complaints Tribunal to handle SMSFs, while supporting the continuation of planner remuneration for the...

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Financial planning

An educational website has published the names of 14 people believed to be the only truly independent advisers in the country....

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Financial planning

Suncorp has boosted its external adviser distribution channel, but the company pointed to pressure on policy lapse rates as one cause of a 23 per cent fall in net profit....

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Financial planning

Big West Australian fund GESB wants more effort put into telling consumers about the value of advice....

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Financial planning

Australian women are more likely to seek financial advice from friends and family, while men are more likely to get advice from the media or a professional....

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Financial planning

A financial adviser who double-geared a risk-averse client into shares has relocated to Europe, while his licensee has been ordered to pay $110,00 in compensation....

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Financial planning

The ACCC has raised concerns about NAB's bid for AXA Asia Pacific, focusing on the platform market....

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Editorial

With many in the life insurance industry falling behind or struggling to keep up, Brett Yardley looks at some of the changes that have or are about to occur....

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Policy & Regulation

The National Institute of Accountants (NIA) has called on the Government to ease requirements on self-managed super funds (SMSFs) and phase out the contributions tax in i...

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So shareholders lose a dividend plus have seen the erosion of value. Qantas decides to clawback remuneration from Alan ...

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