FINANCIAL PLANNING

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Financial services group Stockford is the latest in a steady stream of advisory companies to sign up for IWL’s VisiPlan software....

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Six more Harts companies will be wound up after the Federal Court of Australia granted an application to appoint a liquidator to the companies which are within the Harts ...

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Perennial Investment Partners has signed an alliance deal with Western Asset Management Company, in a move designed to give Australian investors greater access to global ...

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Westpac financial planners will soon be operating with the Wealthpoint financial planning platform after the bank announced the completion of a deal with the technology p...

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Australia’s funds management industry is shrinking, with the total assets under management dropping by almost 6 per cent since June 30, according to the latest Assirt rep...

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IWL has released an enhanced version of VisiPlan, the group’s widely used financial planning software solution....

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Grove Financial Services has launched a new online wrap service targeted at non-superannuation institutional investors....

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Head of van Eyk research Steven van Eyk has been named as one of the most influential people in financial services today and rubs shoulders with other industry figures al...

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All beneficiaries of a discretionary trust who surrender their interest may now be subject to capital gains tax following the release of an Australian Tax Office (ATO) ru...

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Australians are becoming increasingly uncertain about their financial preparations for retirement, the latest nationwide survey into consumer knowledge and attitudes towa...

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AMP Financial Services managing director Andrew Mohl has been re-elected to his second term as chairman of the board of directors for the Investment and Financial Service...

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A review of the Trade Practices Act’s (TPA) merger provisions would only serve to further exacerbate the banking sectors growing ownership within the financial planning i...

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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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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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