FINANCIAL PLANNING

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The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has banned a Sydney securities dealer for three years as part of its ongoing investigation into the now defunc...

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Financial planning software provider Syscorp has signed an alliance with Computer Science Corporation (CSC) for the latter to act as a distribution channel for Syscorp’s ...

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Challenger Financial Services Group has agreed to acquire Zurich Capital Markets’ (ZCM) Australian Principal Finance business, Interstar Securities, in a deal struck by i...

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The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has come under fire for shutting down a voluntary committee looking into the issue of risk profiling, despite some members claimi...

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AXA is expected to receive a green light from the Federal Privacy Commissioner allowing it to honour the contractual agreements it has with its advisers, permitting them ...

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ING is setting its sights on the independent third-party planning market, with plans to grow its business beyond its aligned dealer groups, through the launch of a back o...

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Master funds and wrap account platforms have changed the landscape of the financial services industry. However, says Dominic McCormick, one issue that doesn’t get enough ...

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Not happy with the financial planning software available on the market? Take a leaf out of Infocus’ book and build your own. Ben Abbott reports....

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Technology has been praised as a time saver and derided as a leech on resources. To debate where technology has failed or succeeded in financial services, Money Managemen...

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The weak activity within general technology markets is not being reflected in the provision of financial planning software, with a number of new firms entering the fray. ...

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The Money Management Technology Report is based on a survey undertaken by The Tom Collins Consultancy and includes providers of technology in the areas of financial plann...

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It may sound a little far fetched but one group in the industry claims it can have any software operating on any computer in any business overnight....

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