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This is the second annual Money Management Agribusiness Survey and we believe is still the only widely published listing of projects that includes financial details....

Life/Risk

The chief executive of the Financial Planning Association (FPA), Ken Breakspear, flew to London last week in the hope of clinching a deal to set up the association’s own ...

Superannuation

A new industry body has been launched with the hope of raising industry standards amongst financial planners operating in the self managed super fund (SMSF) sector....

Financial planning

IOOF has been confirmed as the new owner of superannuation and investment specialist AM Corporation....

Financial planning

Sydney-based financial planning dealer group Madison Financial Group has signed on with industry research house Lonsdale Securities (Lonsec) giving the latter its second ...

Financial planning

Australia’s largest credit union, Credit Union Australia (CUA), has established its own dealer group, Mentor Australia Financial Planning....

Financial planning

Financial services education provider, IntegraTec, has released the latest in its series of financial planning training courses, calling for a greater concentration on co...

Financial planning

Financial planning and the financial services industry owe much to the risk side of the industry....

Financial planning

Robert Wagner is an American CFP with a vision. He foresees financial planning becoming the most important and professional industry in the world. Julie Bennett reports....

Financial planning

Finding success as a planner and having a life outside the office are not mutually exclusive, according to US-based planner Harry Kasanow. And, as Jason Spits writes, Kas...

Financial planning

While delegates to this year’s Financial Planning Association (FPA) annual convention might be expecting to put their feet up and relax, organisers have other ideas. Ben ...

Financial planning

The former managing director of Morningstar Australia, Graham Rich, has formed a new association for dealer group and master trust researchers....

Financial planning

Investors Mutual (IML) is moving from “strength to strength” according to the latest rating of the boutique fund manager by Assirt....

Financial planning

Financial planning practices have reached a stage that I would describe as mature. However, financial planning businesses are struggling to deal with an old business mode...

Financial planning

Banks, platform providers and technology providers are likely to be the groups to benefit from the roll-out of separately managed accounts (SMA) into the Australian marke...

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