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Financial planning

26 May

CommInsure revamp to arrest life policy decline

Commonwealth Bank-owned CommInsure, in an attempt to reverse the trend away from life insurance, has moved to make life insurance cover more accessible both in terms of p...

Financial planning

25 May

Super proposal gets backing but reform required

40 per cent of Australians earning between $30,000 and $50,000 would participate in the Government’s proposed $3 for $2 superannuation co-contribution scheme, according t...

Financial planning

24 May

ASIC life ban for unlicensed WA pair

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has permanently banned two West Australians for providing financial advice after the pair were caught operatin...

Financial planning

21 May

Ex-Godfrey Pembroke adviser awaits sentencing

A former Godfrey Pembroke financial adviser has pleaded guilty in the Tasmanian Supreme Court to embezzling millions of dollars of client investment assets to fund his ou...

Financial planning

21 May

Fund trustee hit with three years jail

A former director of the troubled hospitality industry Employees Productivity Award Superannuation Fund has been sentenced to three years jail-term by a Queensland Distri...

Financial planning

20 May

Baby boomers overlook financial planners

Almost two thirds of baby boomers do not have financial plans or have a financial planner with nine out of 10 confident of their own financial knowledge according to a su...

Financial planning

20 May

Perennial bolsters growth investment team

Perennial Investment Partners has boosted its subsidiary funds management arm – Perennial Growth Management – with the appointment of a senior executive in anticipation o...

People & Products

19 May

BT NZ fills head role

BT New Zealand (BTNZ) has filled its recently vacated chief executive role with the appointment of the group’s Australian subsidiary head of wrap, Mark Smith, into the po...

Financial planning

18 May

AMP Capital rolls out China fund

AMP Capital Investors ramped up its retail market focus today with the launch of a new China fund aimed at providing investors with the opportunity to access one of the w...

Financial planning

17 May

Banned adviser to stand trial

A former Securitor Financial Group and Financial Wisdom adviser has been committed to stand trial over allegations of dishonesty and improper behaviour stemming from an A...