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Clients of financial planners are investing more of their assets according to their planner’s recommendations, with 88 per cent rating the overall quality of the service ...

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Forthcoming governments will be prevented from raiding the Future Fund under legislation introduced to Federal Parliament defining the parameters within which the new fun...

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ASIC is again cracking down on Westpoint Group, filing an application in the Federal Court in Perth for the winding up and appointment of a provisional liquidator to a re...

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Listed financial services education provider Tribeca has been sold to United States based education provider and business trade publisher Kaplan....

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The number of Australians searching online for their lost super has increased by 400 per cent in the last 12 months, according to research commissioned by max Super....

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RetireInvest has achieved its target of growing the firm’s distribution network by 60 planners in 2005 through the recent addition of 12 new advisers to the dealer group....

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ASIC has released a calculator for consumers to compare allocated pension products, and Chant West and SuperRatings expect to follow suit by developing extensions to thei...

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A survey conducted by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC) has shown new company floats have produced outstanding returns for investors over the past 11 months, with initial publ...

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UK heavyweight financial services provider Standard Life has signed a six-year contract with First NZ Capital (FNZ) to deliver a wrap service to the independent financial...

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Merrill Lynch’s recent foray into Australian small caps investment management is already paying dividends, with its most recent release to the Australian market attractin...

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Kerrie Kelly has ended her involvement of just over two years with the Financial Planning Association (FPA) with the announcement of her resignation as chief executive of...

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Asgard Wealth Solutions has redefined the roles of its business development team, is redesigning its distribution network along regional lines and may look to open four o...

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