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Financial planning

12 Jan

Queensland financial services firms affected by flooding

Flooding in south-east Queensland has interrupted the services of several Queensland-based financial services organisations that had earlier offered assistance to those a...

Financial planning

11 Jan

Count to acquire Aviva’s stake in Centrepoint

Count Financial is acquiring a strategic 8.25 per cent stake in Professional Investment Services (PIS) parent entity Centrepoint Alliance, according to a Christmas Eve an...

Financial planning

10 Jan

Industry to take stock in helping flood victims

Although it is still early days in terms of the fallout from the Queensland floods, Australia’s financial advisory industry has begun looking into what assistance w...

Financial planning

10 Jan

PIS enters enforceable undertaking with ASIC

ASIC accepted an enforceable undertaking from Professional Investment Services in December due to concerns over the firm’s compliance with its legal obligations....

Financial planning

17 Dec

Industry welcomes Government’s Cooper policy

The Government’s measured response to the 177 recommendations put forth in the Cooper Review has been broadly welcomed by the industry, with agreement reached on mo...

Financial planning

17 Dec

CFS Property to acquire AXA headquarters

Colonial First State Property will acquire AXA’s Melbourne headquarters at 750 Collins Street through its Commonwealth Property Office Fund....

Financial planning

16 Dec

Fee-for-service driving passive investments

A shift to fee-for-service will see a move from active to passive investments as advisers look to justify their new fee structure, according to Fidelity Investment Manage...

Funds management

15 Dec

BetaShares joins Aussie ETF market

BetaShares Capital has launched its first two ETFs onto the ASX, with products that track both the resources and financials sectors in the S&P/ASX 200....

Financial planning

13 Dec

Jo-Anne Bloch departs FPA following a tumultuous four years

The replacement of outgoing Financial Planning Association CEO Jo-Anne Bloch by Godfrey Pembroke chief Mark Rantall attracted criticism from some quarters of the industry...