FINANCIAL PLANNING

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The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has taken action against a director of a super fund and a promoter of a superannuation rollover scheme after a...

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Tower Australia and Tower Life (New Zealand) have divested their complete holdings in parent company Tower Limited this morning following the sale of almost 10 million sh...

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Associated Planners Financial Services (APFS) has dropped AXA life insurance from its list of recommended insurers after the two groups failed to reach an understanding o...

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The Federal Opposition has criticised the Australian Securities and Investments Commission for providing an exemption from the Financial Services Reform regime to mortgag...

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Macquarie Funds Management (MFM) received four senior staff resignations yesterday with two of the defectors departing to join former head of the division David Deverall ...

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Former Financial Planning Association (FPA) board member, Nick Bruining, has taken out the 2003 Money Management Financial Planner of the Year award in what is fast becom...

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The prevalence of the use of model portfolios by financial planners and advisers has been confirmed by Assirt research which found 47 per cent indicating they used model ...

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The Association of Independently Owned Financial Planners (AIOFP) and Personal Choice Management (PCM) and have combined to launch a new joint venture - Personal Choice I...

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National Australia Financial Planning Business (NAFPB) is to focus on providing workplace financial advice to clients following its incorporation of MLC Private Client Se...

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The Financial Planning Association (FPA) will suffer “a probable net loss of fifteen” staff through retrenchment following yesterday’s announcement of restructure plans t...

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Insurance Australia Group (IAG) has exited the financial planning arena, selling its Clearview business to MBF Australia for around $220 million plus an additional earn-o...

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Each year, the number of applications Money Management receives for one of the industry’s most prestigious awards increases. And this year was no exception....

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