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Financial planning

Former Insurance Australia Group chief general manger sales and marketing, Pierre Fenech has joined the Australian Retirement Income Streams Association (ARISA) as its ne...

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

Financial advisers working for banks have been criticised by the Banking Ombudsman for "overselling" their funds....

Superannuation

Public offer superannuation has long been considered within the realm of retail financial services and packaged alongside a raft of other financial services and advice in...

Financial planning

Australian shares managers have run rings around their overseas counterparts, returning on average 11.5 per cent over the calendar year compared to a negative 9.3 per cen...

Financial planning

Sealcorp has become the first major institution to sign up for the ProQuest Risk Profiling system, and will rollout the service to its advisers during the next six months...

Financial planning

In all noise surrounding the Privacy Act last year, ASIC also released a policy paper outlining the definition of a financial market. Mike Taylor looks at how this will a...

Financial planning

The Commonwealth Bank has restructured its business operations drawing together the wealth management and insurance operations for the first time since the merger with Co...

Funds management

The speculation surrounding a funds management partner for ANZ has been resolved with the group announcing that it has signed a memorandum of understanding with ING to fo...

Financial planning

Another year, another clean slate? Not quite. Legislative overhang from 2001 is set to frame the trials and tribulations of the year ahead as the financial planning indus...

Financial planning

When Lawrie O’Neill was just 15 years old his dream of following in his father’s footsteps as a farmer took an unexpected turn....

Financial planning

Working as an engineer in South Africa, Peter Kirk knew there was something more for him. 15 years later Kirk has made the cut as a Money Management Financial Planner of ...

Financial planning

The liquidators of Harts Australia have called for further investigations into the group following news it may have continued trading well after the group was deemed inso...

Financial planning

Bridgeport executive director Robert MC Brown is frustrated when Bridgeport is described as a dealer group as he says that view ignores the essence of the group and where...

Editorial

Financial services company Tower Ltd has reported a NZ$77.2 million net after tax profit for the financial year to 30 September 2001 and simultaneously announced a new fo...

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