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Independent financial planners will share in the proceeds of the sale of AM Corporation after the group’s founder, David Smith, confirmed today he would sell his entire m...

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The Financial Planning Association (FPA) will create a separate commercial unit to provide education and training to its members....

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Westpac wealth management group executive David Clarke yesterday confirmed what the financial services industry had long guessed ? the Sagitta name will be dropped in fav...

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Tower’s acting group chief executive (Australia & New Zealand) Keith Taylor has announced a number of senior executive changes at Tower, including the departure of acting...

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Investorweb Research has brought in Ken Atchison to help with the production of its annual property sector review....

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Trading in the shares of New Zealand based financial services group Tower was halted today after the group admitted its interim performance results would not live up to m...

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Pauline Vamos has been named the most influential person in financial services by a panel of industry peers....

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Macquarie Margin Lending has moved to make its margin lending facility more accessible to investors by increasing its available funding and its number of approved shares....

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The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has handed out another sentence in relation to the Lifestyle Property Group, a failed property investment grou...

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Though they might often be seen as a cute addition to the family, children are also an extremely heavy financial burden for Australian parents, leaving families in need o...

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Australia’s major industry associations have welcomed the Government’s push to give regulators sweeping new powers to police the $520 billion superannuation industry with...

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Newly launched boutique funds management group Select Asset Management is looking to release two funds as part of its strategy to establish itself as an ‘absolute return’...

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

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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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The FSCP has issued a written direction to an adviser who charged clients “extraordinary fees” for inappropriate and conflicted advice, as well as encouraged them to swit...

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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....

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