FINANCIAL PLANNING

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Perpetual Trustees Australia has dropped the ‘trustees’ designation from its title and centralised its operations into one Sydney-based location....

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Superannuation investors have enjoyed a second consecutive year of returns in the double-digits according to the 2005 Mercer Pooled Fund Survey, with the median fund in t...

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Boutique fund incubator Equity Trustees has gotten off to an exceptional start for the 2005-06 financial year, having posted a 190 per cent increase in net fund inflows f...

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The superannuation guarantee and strong economic and stock market performance have raised the average amount each Australian holds in managed funds to $45,300, far more t...

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Asgard Wealth Solutions has decided to make two of its high interest yielding products available to investors using the Asgard platform in an effort to attract a greater ...

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The local arm of US-based investment bank Goldman Sachs JBWere, has launched a new managed fund that will mostly invest in infrastructure stocks listed on the Australian ...

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The AIOFP has criticised the FPA’s comments last week that investors, not planners, were responsible for money lost through investments in Westpoint-associated products, ...

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The financial advice community is divided on the FPA’s soon to be released principles on conflicts of interest, displaying mixed opinions on the appropriateness and likel...

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Creditors who lost money from failed investments attributed to Westpoint are preparing to launch a class action against the financial planners who helped sell them the pr...

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Canberra has criticised ASIC for negative comments one of its senior executives made about financial planners at a public function....

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ASIC has made its regulatory presence felt in the superannuation choice of fund environment with exercises such as super switching surveillance and a current shadow shopp...

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The new merged entity between Australian Wealth Management and Select Managed Funds, collectively with its “affiliates”, will have close to 10 per cent of all the financi...

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Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...

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The RBA has handed down its much-anticipated rate decision, following widespread expectations of a close call....

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ASIC has confirmed the industry funding levy for the 2024–25 financial year, and how much licensees can expect to pay....

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The Federal Court has made interim travel restraint orders against two Falcon Capital directors, while also freezing one director’s assets....

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