FINANCIAL PLANNING

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A proposal for a separate non-practitioner Certified Financial Planner (CFP) mark has been de-feated by strong opposition from elements within the US financial planning i...

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E*Trade in the US will team up with accounting and consulting giant, Ernst & Young to provide online financial planning, according to reports in the New York Times. Both ...

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The Property Council wants to work more closely with the Financial Planning Association (FPA) as part of a move to create more interest in property investing....

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The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has slammed last minute changes to the GST and Ralph inspired new tax system which will slug planners with thousands of dollars o...

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Macquarie’s wrap service has signed up with Colonial to use the group’s Investment Accelerator margin lending service....

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Westpac Investment Management has teamed up with Monash University to pro-duce Australia’s first share index to include only environmentally responsible companies....

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Hartley Poynton’s recently formed JDV offshoot has taken a minority stake in tax software group NetWorth to bolster its online financial services offerings....

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Listed property trusts proved their mettle as good defensive investments in May, raking up the top return among all asset classes....

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Fairfax’s Internet arm f2 is making an aggressive push for market share with the signing of a joint venture with Macquarie Bank....

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Macquarie Financial Services has made further inroads into the self managed super-annuation fund (SMSF) market with the roll out of an “end to end” service. The service, ...

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News that BHP offshoot OneSteel is to outsource its superannuation has sent rip-ples of excitement through the financial services industry....

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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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ASIC has suspended the Australian Financial Services Licence of a Melbourne-based financial advice firm....

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