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There are five funds which could be set to benefit from the acquisition of OneVue by Iress after the financial technology firm announced a capital raising and a scheme of...
Financial planning
Financial planners may not be totally happy with the Financial Planning Association and the Association of Financial Advisers but they aren’t keen on setting up a new bod...
Financial planning
OneVue is in trading halt on the Australian Securities Exchange and so is Sequoia as attention focuses on the future ownership of financial planning dealer group, Madison...
Financial planning
A merger of the Financial Planning Association and the Association of Financial Advisers rather than the creation of new financial planning body has emerged as the prefer...
Financial planning
The Financial Planning Association’s announcement of job losses and an organisational restructure driven by declining adviser numbers has reawakened calls for a merger be...
Financial planning
The Financial Planning Association’s restructure has reawakened talk of a merger with the Association of Financial Advisers. What do you believe should happen?...
Superannuation
The Financial Services Council has welcomed the new legislation but is disappointed the laws also create unnecessary tax compliance burden on Australia’s managed funds....
Financial planning
Two boutique dealer groups, Spark Financial Group and Aura Wealth Australia, have announced they have signed binding agreements to merge. ...
Superannuation
The two funds will undertake a due diligence process to explore a merger that would allow access to a more diverse pool of investments and help lower fees....
Superannuation
The creation of a mega-union based in Queensland has moved a step closer with QSuper and Sunsuper announcing they have entered exclusive due diligence ahead of a merger....
Funds management
Franklin Templeton is to acquire Legg Mason in an all-cash deal for US$4.5 billion ($6.7 billion) to create a combined US $1.5 trillion asset manager....
Funds management
Research and ratings house Zenith has expanded its reach into the superannuation sphere via the acquisition of Chant West....
Financial planning
The two organisations representing planners operating under the AMP umbrella – the AMP Financial Planners Association and the Hillross Advisers Association have merged....
Superannuation
Barely a week after distribution its superannuation heatmaps, the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority is arguing that larger superannuation funds are more sustaina...
Life/Risk
Legislation surrounding the regulation of claims handling may have insurers and related parties look to fall under a single Australian Financial Services License to ease ...
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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 ...
Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...