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APIR Systems has signed up Brisbane-based dealer group Australian Investment and Financial Planners (AI&FP) as the first full-service user of its Compliance Reference Ser...

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Portfolio management service provider Symetry will stop using AXA’s Assure master trust for its back office administration and bring the work inhouse using a technology s...

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Financial planning company Snowball Group has formed a strategic alliance with independent group Hayes Sterling to represent Snowball in South Australia....

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The implementation of compliance programs by Australian financial services companies are being hindered by a lack of resources, the perception compliance is not core busi...

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The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has banned a South Australian man from acting as an investment adviser or as a representative of a securities ...

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The Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA) is to launch a series of forums in a bid to educate financial planners on the merits of investing in hedge funds ...

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Advisers who recommended AM Corporation products will still receive a one-off payment after IOOF confirmed it was in talks with AM Corp management regarding the pay out....

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The Financial Planning Association (FPA) yesterday welcomed the Federal Government’s renewed commitment of introducing its superannuation choice and portability policies....

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The Financial Planning Association (FPA) will hold a meeting of its 31 chapter chairs this week to combat what it sees as problems communicating with its membership base....

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The process involved in obtaining an Australian Financial Services (AFS) licence may be arduous and time-consuming but at least it’s relatively straight-forward. What is ...

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About 30 staff from AM and IOOF have been retrenched as part of the rationalisation of the two groups....

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Financial services group Promina will attempt to raise up to $2.1 billion in its upcoming listing on the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) in May....

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