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Controversial New Zealand economist Gareth Morgan has told financial planners they need to keep the lowlifes in the industry as a point of differentiation....

Financial planning

Beseiged financial services entrepreneur Rodney Adler is to sell his stake in Financial Services Partners, a group which has interests in three dealer groups, NOW Financi...

Financial planning

AMP is heading for its second UK purchase in less than a month after it confirmed discussions to buy UK based online financial information service Interactive Investor In...

Financial planning

Financial advisory group Silvalake has reached an agreement to acquire a general insurance broker for its Western Australia office....

Financial planning

ASIC takes action against ex-GIO directors...

Life/Risk

Advisers scramble to restore indemnity insurance...

Financial planning

The actions of Chapel Road and the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) have temporarily settled as the two wait for an appeal to be held later this ye...

Financial planning

IOOF is understood to be the next friendly society to demutualise, after Over 50s Mutual members voted resoundingly to demutualise last week....

Financial planning

The case into Chapel Road was originally triggered by the actions of banned financial planner Robyn Ann-Carrolle Cochrane, despite the fact that she had no formal connec...

Financial planning

Life insurers implementing a licence under the Financial Services Reform Bill (FSRB) will have the assistance of a specialist conglomerate team....

Financial planning

Financial planners and investment professionals are advised to examine their professional indemnity insurance policies under new light shed by the Financial Services Refo...

Financial planning

The Australian Consumers Association (ACA) has fired a broadside against the Minister for Financial Services, Joe Hockey, regarding his appointment of five people to indu...

Financial planning

The Financial Planners and Insurance Advisers Association (FPIA) has shied away from specific ideas about adviser regulation....

Financial planning

Australian Unity is shrugging off the loss of its NSW state manager, a BDM in Queensland and its well-respected property expert, Paul Noonan, who was responsible for prop...

Life/Risk

Forget any of the troubles caused by HIH on the personal indemnity insurance game. HIH may have gone down, but Nick Bruining still has to fill out the paperwork for his P...

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