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Financial planning

11 Dec

Tower sheds jobs, chops in-house planners

The New Zealand based Tower group has shut down its in-house salaried financial planning division, Tower Financial Consultants, and shed a total of 70 jobs across all bus...

Financial planning

11 Dec

Van Eyk wins Zurich consulting contract

Van Eyk Research has one a contract to act as the asset consultant over $6.7 billion worth of funds managed by Zurich Financial Services....

Financial planning

10 Dec

Employers ambivalent on choice of fund

Less than half of all employers expect to offer their employees a choice of superannuation funds in the next one or two years, a new survey has found....

Financial planning

09 Dec

Tower grabs slice of Mawson

Trans-Tasman financial services group Tower has purchased a minority stake in the Mawson Group financial planning dealership just days after announcing a massive writedow...

Financial planning

06 Dec

Colonial’s 452 deal gets Morningstar’s backing

The Morningstar research house has given its tick of approval to Colonial First State’s decision to link up with 452 Capital, reconfirming Colonial as a five star manager...

Financial planning

05 Dec

Tower slumps on back of Bridges writedown

New Zealand based financial services group Tower has announced a $32 million writedown of its Australian financial planning business, Bridges Financial Services, to recor...

Policy & Regulation

04 Dec

Industry unites to cut super taxes

Two of the financial services industry’s most influential lobby groups have joined forces to call on the Government to cut taxes on superannuation contributions in order ...

Financial planning

03 Dec

Assirt first in rating of K2

The Assirt group is continuing to push into the research of the burgeoning hedge fund sector, releasing its first ever rating of a single strategy hedge fund manager, K2 ...

Financial planning

02 Dec

AXA extends Owen’s contract

AXA Asia Pacific announced today that it had extended the contract of its chief executive, Les Owen, by two years....

Financial planning

29 Nov

ASIC issues permanent ban against former Garrisons adviser

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has obtained a permanent ban against a former financial adviser, John Michael Higgins, from providing financia...