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Sealcorp has recently approved some changes to the investment menu of its master trust and wrap platform Asgard, including splitting off hedge funds, absolute return fund...

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The Investor Group dealership has struck a deal with the administrators of the troubled Stockford group to buy one of the company’s Melbourne based financial planning bus...

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The credibility of the recent report into the quality of financial planning advice by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) and the Australian Consu...

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The Assure master trust is set to close after AXA announced it will consolidate all of its platforms into Summit as part of its single-platform strategy....

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Small dealer groups are back on the agenda as members of three bodies representing small planning groups have agreed to meet to discuss the creation of a national executi...

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Share-broking and financial planning group Tolhurst Noall has appointed former Potter Warburg senior executive, John Wilson, as its new managing director and CEO....

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The Perpetual group has expanded its operations with the trustee side of the business launching a new operation while the investment business has rolled out a new geared ...

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An international battle between controllers of the Certified Financial Planner (CFP) and Chartered Financial Practitioner (ChFP) designations has erupted in the Asia-Paci...

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The ASIC/ACA survey reflected the reality that our industry and profession is undergoing a process of dumbing down, says Rob Keavney....

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If you have a web site, demand that your web designer give you the access code....

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A properly run DIY fund, either a self-managed super fund (SMSF) or small APRA fund (SAF) will help ensure that your clients never have a reasonable benefit limit (RBL) p...

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Not many fund managers can claim to have escaped the industry shake-out over the past two years. But Macquarie Funds Management is one of them. Simon Segal reports....

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