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Financial planning

22 Apr

Norwich Union could soon introduce additional life insurance products to its Navigator platform after noting a recent resurgence in market demand for these previously out...

Financial planning

16 Apr

Hunter Hall expands investment team

Hunter Hall Investment Management has undergone a staff reshuffle with the appointment of a new chief investment officer and the resignation of one investment analyst and...

Financial planning

14 Apr

Planning for a multi-cultural market

Targeting ethnic markets has yielded dividends for some planners, but, as Ben Abbott writes, the days of segmenting clients by cultural background may be coming to an end...

Financial planning

14 Apr

European managers suffer from inaction

Managers in European funds management markets who did not manage to adapt to volatile markets over the past three years suffered most according to financial information p...

People & Products

14 Apr

IWL appointments join Sanford board

Sanford Securities has appointed two top IWL staffers to its board of directors following the success of IWL’s pursuit for a majority stake in the broking group....

Financial planning

14 Apr

New standard to raise the bar for planners

The International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) is a step closer to introducing an international standard for financial planning to Australia that would require ...

Financial planning

14 Apr

Restricted ‘planner’ term proposal to weed out shonks

A restricted definition for the terms ‘financial planner’ and ‘financial adviser’ would protect consumers from shonky operators pretending to be financial planners, accor...

Funds management

14 Apr

Perpetual launches joint listed property fund

Perpetual James Fielding has launched its first fund - a wholesale property securities fund - following the creation of the joint-venture by Perpetual Trustees and the Ja...

Financial planning

07 Apr

Kofod and Gunning find new home at CBA

Ex-head of financial services at St George Bank, Paul Kofod, will join Commonwealth Bank as Head of Private Banking....

Financial planning

07 Apr

Morningstar questions Perennial in review

Perennial Investment Partners has been given a poor rating by research house Morningstar due mainly to the fund manager’s continued “sub-par returns” over the medium to l...