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Financial planning

The agribusiness industry will continue to show all the hallmarks of an immature branch of the investment industry unless it aligns itself with Australian equities rather...

Financial planning

Some of the country’s most influential agribusiness researchers have united to call for a significant reduction in the commissions paid to financial advisers who recommen...

Financial planning

The influence of large scale financial institutions in the financial advice market shows no signs of abating. GEORGE LIONDIS reports on Money Management’s second annual l...

Financial planning

For some time I have been confused by industry experts arguing that there will be an increase in the number of DIY and small dealer groups, when most other financial part...

Financial planning

Very few people in the industry would have failed to notice the push to higher education standards that have been going on in recent years, especially after it received a...

People & Products

HSBC Asset Management Australia has taken on former Wells Capital Management executive vice president Rick Villars as its new head of retail, in a move designed to streng...

Financial planning

Online financial services group, Sanford, has signed an agreement to provide its online share trading product, Virtual Broker, to Optimix Investment Management, a special...

Editorial

Hedge Funds of Australia has carved a successful niche in the hedge funds market. FIONA MOORE talks to the engine behind the machine and asks what more we can expect from...

Financial planning

ING Advice has expanded the number of dealer groups in its adviser network with the purchase of The Vandenbergh Group....

Financial planning

Advance Funds Management is about to launch an advertising campaign pitched directly at consumer rather than exclusively to financial advisers....

Financial planning

Norwich Union has taken the master trust sector’s battle for recognition directly into people’s living rooms, with an unorthodox new television advertising campaign aimed...

Financial planning

The financial planning industry in the UK could be about to undergo one of the most significant reforms in its history after the Financial Services Authority, the industr...

Financial planning

Collins House Financial Services (CHFS) has recruited two ex-JP Morgan staff as part of its three-stage business development strategy to be implemented over the next thre...

Financial planning

Norwich Union claims it has the best master trusts in the Australian market, after a survey by Business Owner Research found that 17 per cent of dealer groups voted Norwi...

Financial planning

Lonsdale Securities (Lonsec) has launched a specialist unlisted property trust research service targeted exclusively at financial advisers and dealer groups....

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Interesting. Would be good to know the details of the StrategyOne deal....

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It’s astonishing to see the FAAA now pushing for more advisers by courting "career changers" and international recruits,...

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Insignia Financial has made four appointments, including three who have joined from TAL, to lead strategy and innovation in its retirement solutions for the MLC brand....

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A former Brisbane financial adviser has been charged with 26 counts of dishonest conduct regarding a failure to disclose he would receive substantial commission payments ...

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Pinnacle Investment Management has announced it will acquire strategic interests in two international fund managers for $142 million....

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