FINANCIAL PLANNING

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FINANCIAL advisers will not need to disclose commission on risk products thanks to the lobbying efforts of the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA)....

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FINANCIAL Planning consultant Paul Resnik is preparing to put his money where his mouth is with plans to launch a chain of financial planning offices....

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Both investors and advisers are more optimistic about share market performance over the next six months than they were last month, according to this month’s combined Aust...

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Credit Suisse Asset Management’s Australian equities products have maintained the confidence of Assirt, with the research house awarding the Swiss funds management group ...

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Sealcorp Holdings' Securitor dealer group has been joined by Webb Financial Services, the newly created financial planning arm of chartered accounting firm Webb & Co....

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You might have been forgiven for thinking that with all the whip cracking, boot scooting and Stetson hats on show at this year’s fifth Queensland State Conference, you we...

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BT has enhanced the stable of products and services within its Investment Wrap and SuperWrap products, claiming to have tailored them more closely to the needs of adviser...

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Steve Newnham has been bumped up from the position of head of distribution investment and life business to group head of sales at Zurich....

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The Snowball Group is continuing to push ahead with a strategy to target financial planning clients through Australia’s corporate heavyweights, signing a strategic allian...

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Dresdner’s Ausralian asset management subsidiary, Dresdner RCM Global Investors, has changed its name to Allianz Dresdner Asset Management (adam), following the successfu...

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The retail funds management industry has suffered its second consecutive quarter of decline dropping three per cent from $236 billion to $229 billion over the September q...

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The proposed merger between financial planning technology company IWL and sharemarket information system provider Iress Market Technology has been abandoned after both bo...

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

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