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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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Financial planning

IOOF’s acquisition of MLC Wealth has confirmed the multi-billion dollar exit of the major banks from wealth management in Australia at the same time as handing the firm s...

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Financial planning

The announcement by IOOF regarding its anticipated acquisition of MLC’s Wealth management business, might see one of the biggest reshuffles across the industry in terms o...

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Financial planning

Its official. IOOF will acquire MLC Wealth but will not carry remediation costs....

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Financial planning

With private equity underwhelmed by wealth management, IOOF is speculated to make a key announcement on acquiring the MLC financial planning elements....

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Features

Mike Taylor writes that less than 12 months out from the Australian Securities and Investments Commission’s review of the Life Insurance Framework, the Australian life in...

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Financial planning

New data shows that financial planners are continuing to exit the industry but that the rate at which they are leaving is slower than for the same period last year....

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Superannuation

Data analysis around the Government’s hardship early release superannuation regime has revealed that the ‘rivers of gold’ inflows generated by the superannuation guarante...

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Life/Risk

The industry has an opportunity to reduce the cost of advice and to make the process more efficient and profitable for life/risk advisers, according to MLC....

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Superannuation

Superannuation fund members returning to access the $10,000 second tranche of the Government’s hardship early release superannuation regime have dominated the latest Aust...

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Financial planning

Although the industry continues to lose advisers, this week’s data from HFS Consulting has shown that the losses were lower compared year-on-year. ...

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Superannuation

Superannuation fund executives have confirmed that the predicted second tranche early release superannuation surge has become a reality....

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Superannuation

Just over $18 billion has already been taken from superannuation accounts via the Government’s hardship early release superannuation scheme and the Australian Prudential ...

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Funds management

MLC customers are being charged 0.1% for non-NAB owned investments and 0.15% for ASX-listed investments, according to reports....

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Superannuation

Big, highly-exposed superannuation funds continue to make the bulk of hardship, early release superannuation payments....

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