FINANCIAL PLANNING

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The evolution of financial planning systems has taken various forms, as the complexity of advisers’ business practices grows. Traditionally, there has been the front-end ...

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Colonial First State has restructured its marketing department to bring marketing functions closer to the areas they support, resulting in the retrenchment of the divisio...

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Differences in disclosure documents between major superannuation providers currently permitted by regulators and industry associations are making it too hard for investor...

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Australian Unity is to finally consider demutualising as part of a move to grow its business, after resisting the trend set by similar organisations for 10 years....

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The funds management arm of real estate giant Multiplex has bought 11 supermarkets scattered around provincial New Zealand and in Auckland to add to the other 22 retail, ...

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MLC has taken the unusual step of terminating a mandate with Platinum Asset Management, one of four managers dropped in a global equity overhaul aimed at boosting after-t...

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The Australian Taxation Office has moved to reinforce with employers their obligations under the new choice of fund regime, particularly their handling of the new choice ...

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Citigroup Asset Management funds with any offshore exposure have been kept on hold by retail fund raters Standard & Poors, following the sale of the US firm to Legg Mason...

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Mercer Global Investments added three diversified and four sector funds to its investment products range, taking a more aggressive approach to achieving returns whilst re...

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Even though the corporate regulator has allowed financial planners to contravene sections of the Financial Services Reform Act that are the subject of Government refineme...

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Sales for agribusiness schemes have broken through the $1 billion barrier for the 2005 financial year with eucalypts contributing most, research house Adviser Edge has re...

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MLC has provided some scant details of its new service offer for aligned self-employed advice businesses, but is keeping most of the package under wraps until July 22....

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