MLC

Financial planning

The combined loss of advisers for IOOF/MLC has reached 252 advisers since IOOF announced the purchase of MLC in August last year and is now nearing AMP Group which has lo...

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Financial planning

Count Financial continues to be active in recruiting advice firms from both the MLC and IOOF licenses....

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Superannuation

Ten superannuation funds experienced outflows in excess of a billion dollars as a result of the Government’s COVID-19 hardship superannuation early release regime, with i...

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Financial planning

This has been a tough week for IOOF given that the financial planning groups operating under its umbrella have topped the list for the highest declines in adviser numbers...

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Superannuation

Superannuation funds have told a Parliamentary Committee that the costs of implementing Superstream were so high that they offset any immediate cost-savings....

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Superannuation

When the Government’s early release superannuation scheme comes to an end, 10 funds will have made over 60% of the payments, most of them being industry funds....

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Financial planning

The number of actual advisers has dropped through the 21,000 barrier this week, with the loss of a further 31 advisers, according to HFS Consulting’s data....

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Features

The two largest financial planning organisations have increasingly been singing from the same hymn book in delivering their policy messages to Canberra but they are still...

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Financial planning

Financial advice needed to focus on improving the value of advice, rather than focusing solely on the cost, according to a panel....

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People & Products

Geoff Lloyd will leave MLC after two years at the helm following the recent sale agreement with IOOF....

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Life/Risk

MLC Life acknowledges less than acceptable service experience as it creates specific life division to be led by Sean McCormack....

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Features

Multi-asset funds can take the work out of choosing your asset allocation, but Chris Dastoor writes, that advantage can be best used to focus on specific outcomes rather ...

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Superannuation

National Australia Bank super entities NULIS and MLC Nominees have been hit by Federal Court penalties out of an Australian Securities and Investments Commission action o...

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Financial planning

The number of MLC advisers choosing to join IOOF will determine if the firm will be the largest dealer group in the country as it is not looking to acquire any more advic...

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Financial planning

With IOOF yet to bed down its acquisition of MLC Wealth, competitor licensees have already revealed themselves by seeking to recruit disenchanted and worried advisers....

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