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Financial planning

25 Sep

ING boosts national sales team

ING has appointed former Zurich Financial Services Australia senior executive, Jihad Essa as national sales manager - a position vacated by former ING national manager fo...

Financial planning

25 Sep

IOOF faces looming class action

IOOF is facing potentially damaging legal action from aggrieved investors who lost money in traded policies with AM Corporation (AM Corp)....

Financial planning

25 Sep

Financial services industry braces for damning fraud report

Fraud in financial services will come under close scrutiny next month when a hard hitting and potentially industry damaging report on the issue is released....

Financial planning

24 Sep

Back-office providers to side-step FSRA issues

For many, the build up to the Financial Services Reform Act (FSRA) March deadline bears a striking similarity to all the hype that preceeded Y2K....

Financial planning

24 Sep

How back-office services have been ‘commoditised’

In a congested market, differentiation is everything. Craig Phillips looks at why standing out from the pack is all the more relevant for back-office service providers....

People & Products

24 Sep

Ntatsopoulos to head up PIS in NZ

Professional Investment Services (PIS), Australia's second largest financial planning network, is close to expanding its international presence with the launch of new ope...

People & Products

24 Sep

Sananikone leaves BT

BT Financial Group head of corporate strategy Ouma Sananikone has resigned from the organisation after completing a strategic review of how the combined Westpac, BT and S...

Funds management

24 Sep

FSP Group unveils new funds management firm

Financial Services Partners will rebrand as FSP Group and launch a new funds management firm – FSP Funds Management – over the next month....

Funds management

24 Sep

Fiduciary launches global property fund

Fiduciary Trust Company International has launched an international property fund with the aim of providing investors with stable returns in an environment of low price v...

Funds management

23 Sep

ATO/APRA launch online super initiative

The Australian Tax Office (ATO) and the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) have launched a new online registration system to streamline the starting up of ...