FINANCIAL SERVICES SECTOR

Financial planning

DEXX&R projects the total financial services market will grow by 8 per cent per annum to reach $3,372 billion by December 2021....

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Funds management

Each year the Money Management BDM of the Year attracts an outstanding group of candidates, and this year's state winners were no exception....

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Funds management

The founder of Count Financial, Barry Lambert, has been awarded Money Management’s Lifetime Achievement Award for 2012....

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Financial planning

The financial services industry has posted a 9.6 percentage point drop in hiring sentiment for the April-to-June period, according to the results from Hudson's latest 'Em...

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Editorial

Having clients believe that placing money in bank deposits constitutes investing will have a detrimental effect on both the financial advice industry and the end consumer...

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People & Products

Richard Grellman will take the position of non-executive chairman for Genworth Australian companies, supporting the company's efforts to gain a minority share IPO of its ...

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Financial planning

For financial advisers, the need to be able to assess their clients’ risk is assuming far greater importance, according to Gabriel Carey....

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People & Products

Rice Warner actuaries have appointed Mark Blair as a principal of the firm to head its superannuation consulting practice....

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Editorial

According to APRA, ASIC will ultimately be responsible for acting on any breaches around advertising such as the Industry Super Network’s 'compare the pair' campaign....

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Policy & Regulation

AustralianSuper has urged against any delays to the implementation of FOFA, claiming the financial advice industry has had sufficient time....

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Financial planning

The tortuous progress of the FOFA reforms and ongoing industry consolidation has defined 2011 for the financial services sector, write Tim Stewart and Milana Pokrajac....

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Policy & Regulation

Major platform providers have called for parts of the Future of Financial Advice (FOFA) reforms to be delayed due to lingering uncertainty with respect to grandfathering ...

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Life/Risk

Woolworths Limited continues its push into the financial services sector with the launch of Woolworths Life Insurance....

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Financial planning

Financial planners based in Adelaide, Melbourne and Perth will be among the most sought-after professionals within the financial services sector in the third quarter of 2...

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Financial planning

As the financial services sector braces for major change flagged by the Federal Government more than a year ago, companies within the industry are becoming increasingly v...

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

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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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The FSCP has announced its latest verdict, suspending an adviser’s registration for failing to comply with his obligations when providing advice to three clients....

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