FINANCIAL PLANNING

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The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has placed extra conditions on the securities dealers’ licences of Permanent Trustee Company and Permanent Inv...

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Sanford Securities appears to have lost its battle to stave off attempts by IWL in taking a majority stake in the group after the latter’s stated its holding had risen to...

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Perennial Investment Partners has been given a poor rating by research house Morningstar due mainly to the fund manager’s continued “sub-par returns” over the medium to l...

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Godfrey Pembroke has long been regarded as a premium financial planning group, but with new owners and a new chief, will it retain that crown? Lucie Beaman looks at the G...

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Recent damning television reports about the industry may not be all they seem, says Nick Bruining....

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The complexity of financial planning has become a burden, however, as Prue Moodie writes, one suggestion may provide the answer, though it may not be warmly received....

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The resources committed to practice management have been considerable, with small and large dealer groups addressing the issue in different ways. But as Peter Dawson expl...

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The concerns raised by the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) about the use of hedge funds in superannuation could just as easily be levelled at traditiona...

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For the most part, research houses accepted the criticisms levelled at them by fund managers – but there were some things they weren’t prepared to take lying down. Lucie ...

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Australian boutique fund manager Select Asset Management has announced a joint venture with European hedge fund manager Aspect Capital to increase its absolute return foc...

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Asgard and Macquarie Wrap have made big pushes for new business announcing boosted payments to advisers for writing new business into the investment platforms....

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The Count Financial Group is set to launch an superannuation trustee administration platform in conjunction with Trust, the group created out of the merger between Perman...

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So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

5 months 3 weeks ago

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

5 months 4 weeks ago

Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...

8 months ago

The RBA has handed down its much-anticipated rate decision, following widespread expectations of a close call....

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ASIC has confirmed the industry funding levy for the 2024–25 financial year, and how much licensees can expect to pay....

3 weeks 3 days ago

The Federal Court has made interim travel restraint orders against two Falcon Capital directors, while also freezing one director’s assets....

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