FINANCIAL PLANNING

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In an attempt to replicate the scale of its Sydney business in its home town of Melbourne, listed financial planning and accountancy firm Investor Group has agreed to buy...

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In a pre-choice attempt to attract do-it-yourself (DIY) superannuation investors, ING has halved minimum investment amounts and cut management expense ratios (MERs) for i...

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The superannuation industry has welcomed changes to superannuation included in the Federal Budget but doesn’t believe the Government has gone far enough....

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A retail funds manager has taken a public line on choice of fund more often associated with the industry funds, with Advance Asset Management claiming consumers could be ...

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Last year it was the rise of the boutiques, now uniformity of style has emerged as the trend to hit the funds management industry according to a fresh review of the Austr...

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Older Australians and those more educated about super choice are more likely to stay in their existing fund when the new regime is introduced, while the less informed are...

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The Federal Government’s multi-million dollar advertising campaign on superannuation choice has failed to arouse consumers, adding to fears that few will be prepared to c...

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Standard & Poor’s has reinstated the ratings on AMP Capital Investors’ (AMPCI) Future Directions Funds (FDF), as well as Rubicon’s Asian and global equities funds....

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The demand for qualified financial planners has increased dramatically in the last 12 months, according to the latest Australasian Banking Salary Survey by Hays....

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Farmers are ill-served by a financial planning industry still based around the pay-as-you-earn mentality, according to the head of a new team of specialist agribusiness p...

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The war of words between industry and retail funds has only intensified as choice has drawn nearer. Last week, as industry funds were forced to withdraw a controversial a...

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