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Strategic Investments Australia, the new holding group of the Strategic Super Master Plan, is performing due diligence on two small master trusts with a view to acquisiti...

Financial planning

Prominent industry figure Anthony Starkins dropped a bombshell on the financial planning industry earlier this month when he called on the Government to outlaw commission...

Financial planning

There are now more than 120 different master trusts on offer in Australia. Some think this number will grow, others say it will shrink to less than 10.<B> Simon Segal</B>...

Superannuation

The changing face of superannuation has opened new markets for planners to service. While small scale super has been an easy target, Chris Kelaher examines how planners c...

Financial planning

Improving the image of financial planners in the eyes of Australian consumers will be the cornerstone to Ken Breakspear’s strategy for the Financial Planning Association....

Financial planning

Strategic Investments Australia, the new holding group of the Strategic Super Master Plan, is performing due diligence on two small master trusts with a view to acquisiti...

Financial planning

Greg Kirk has taken over the helm at AMP Financial planning, following the promotion of incumbent Steve Helmich in August....

Financial planning

When the National bought MLC earlier this year, LendLease Financial Planning had to look for a new name – and fast. After some angst, the group took on the handle “Apoge...

Financial planning

Skandia doesn’t do manufacturing and it doesn’t do retailing. Stuart Engel discovers exactly what it is the Swedish based financial services giant intends to do in Austra...

Financial planning

Superannuation consultant Industry Funds Services (IFS) has bolstered its financial planning network with the addition of three planners....

Financial planning

Macquarie has embarked on a $5 million print advertising campaign aimed at dispelling perceptions that Macquarie is only aimed at the big end of town....

Funds management

Austgrowth Property Syndicates has stepped up its efforts to market property syndicates to financial planners....

Financial planning

It’s like a ticking time bomb sitting beneath the financial planning industry. Tax legislation aimed at snaring IT and construction contractors has unintentionally caught...

Financial planning

For obvious reasons, a great deal of emphasis is placed today on the need for sound planning and a disciplined commitment to achieve that mystical goal of financial indep...

Financial planning

Financial Planning Association stalwart Ken Breakspear has been anointed chief executive of the association....

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