FINANCIAL SERVICES BUSINESS

Editorial

AMP today affirmed market expectations in announcing a $2.16 billion market loss, attributing the losses to the previously flagged poor performance of its UK life operati...

Financial planning

First Foundation Developments and its senior employees will have $1.8 million assets frozen for running an alleged unregistered managed investment scheme....

Financial planning

Financial planning businesses are still selling for big money, but there are pitfalls for both the buyer and seller. Julie Bennett reports....

Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has handed out another sentence in relation to the Lifestyle Property Group, a failed property investment grou...

Financial planning

AMP’s newly minted CEO, Andrew Mohl, has claimed the financial services giant is not looking to exit the UK market following concerns the group’s UK based Pearl operation...

Accounting

Two Melbourne based accountants have been permanently banned from managing corporations after the Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) alleged they misu...

Financial planning

Australian Unity acting managing director Murray Campbell has confirmed a new group managing director is due to be appointed in the next few days, following on from the a...

Financial planning

AMP has moved into what it has identified as one of three priority markets of Europe, in acquiring Italian wealth management business Commerzbank Asset Management Italia ...

Financial planning

UBS Global Asset Management has taken out the overall title to win the most prestigious prize in the funds management industry, the Money Management/Assirt Fund Manager o...

Financial planning

Four years is a long time in the rapidly changing retail financial services business. But while developments have come thick and fast in my four years at Money Management...

Financial planning

Accounting and financial planning consolidator Investor Group has picked up another regional accountancy practice, this time entering an agreement to acquire a Tasmanian ...

Financial planning

Former Financial Planning Association chairman and ING financial planning executive Wes McMaster has launched Australia’s first buyer and seller of financial planning bus...

Financial planning

Perth-based financial service boutique Epic Asset Management has completed its initial fund raising and acquired the assets of superannuation administrator Gilpear Group....

Editorial

The success of Credit Suisse and UBS Asset Management in this year’s Money Management Assirt Fund Manager of the Year awards marks a significant turning point for the Aus...

Financial planning

Financial planning training group Integratec has expanded into compliance services with the acquisition of THP Services....

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MARKET INSIGHTS

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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increased professionalism within the industry - shouldn't that say, FAR register almost halving in the last 24 months he...

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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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The Reserve Bank of Australia's latest interest rate announcement has left punters disheartened on Melbourne Cup Day....

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The Federal Court has given a verdict on ASIC’s case against Dixon Advisory director Paul Ryan which had alleged he breached his director duties....

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