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Superannuation

Financial advisers may be unaware of the hidden costs with regards to the taxation treatment of lump sum benefits from superannuation, according to Damian Hearn....

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Financial planning

Industry consolidation, particularly involving large dealer groups, has the potential to shift large volumes of funds under management from current investment platforms i...

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People & Products

Lonsec has made further appointments to its research team, including a specialist quantitative analyst and a senior consultant...

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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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Financial planning

Major platform providers across the industry are now moving away from a heavy period of platform consolidation to focus on developing and upgrading the remaining products...

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Financial planning

FOFA reforms will mean financial advice groups will either move down the vertical integration path towards a hybrid model or focus purely on the professional advice model...

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Financial planning

HUB24 has added seven dealer groups and three separately managed account managers to its client list, the platform provider has announced....

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Financial planning

Former DKN CEO Phil Butterworth made the decision to join a new business unit at BT Financial Group, regardless of whether fellow DKN and Lonsdale executives would also m...

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Financial planning

There have been more high-level departures from DKN and Lonsdale following a merger with IOOF, including Lonsdale CEO Mario Modica....

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Financial planning

DKN chief executive Phil Butterworth departs with Lonsdale's Mario Modica being elevated. ...

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Financial planning

DKN Financial Group was officially removed from public listing yesterday and five non-executive board members resigned from the group....

Policy & Regulation

IOOF warns FOFA changes may have unintended consequence of placing pressure on age pension....

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Financial planning

IOOF's proposed takeover of DKN is due to go ahead today, after it received approval from the Supreme Court of Victoria....

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Superannuation

Bendigo Wealth is targeting fee-for-service independent financial advisers (IFAs) with the launch of a low-cost, 'true-to-label' superannuation product called SmartStart ...

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Financial planning

Two Western Australian financial planning practices have joined the IOOF Advice Division....

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Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...

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