FINANCIAL PLANNING

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NSW-based financial planners will avoid the added burden of payroll tax due to an ‘imminent’ ruling by the NSW Office of State Revenue (OSR) that will recognise planners ...

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Beacon Financial Services will change its name to Tranzact Financial Services and sell Australia First Superannuation Administration and Australia First Consulting under ...

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A national scheme of professional standards legislation will lower the cost of professional indemnity (PI) insurance and remove restrictions on the services offered by fi...

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David Knott, chairman of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC), has announced that he will step down from his position at the end of 2003, two years...

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Count Financial Ltd posted a record 25 per cent increase in after tax net profits today and is set to launch a number of new products and service offerings in the coming ...

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Tower Trust says the recent strong growth in small super funds has been largely driven by increasing investor confidence in a poor performing environment....

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Macquarie Wrap Solutions’ new low cost ‘Baby Wrap’ went live today, offering investors with as little as $2,000 entry to an administration platform that claims lower fees...

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The administrators of the failed Wattle Group have pleaded guilty to charges of being knowingly concerned in the promotion of prescribed interests in contravention of the...

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The funds management industry was given a respite from lacklustre markets in the second quarter of 2003, stimulating an improvement in the net inflow position compared to...

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Barclays Global Investors Australia (BGIA) has launched a new absolute return long-short Australian equity fund to complement its first long-short equity fund released ba...

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BT Financial Group has expanded the investment menu for its recently launched low-cost platform, Wrap Essentials, adding 12 new funds across value, growth and core styles...

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Growth funds are beginning to reward the faith some investors have placed in them after the median fund experienced five successive months of positive returns, following ...

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Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...

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