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With those ruddy big blocks of concrete being set up in Homebush, you could be forgiven for thinking that Sydney was going sports mad....

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Mercantile Mutual has rebranded its life insurance broking arm into a dealer group, AustAdvis-ers, in a bid to attract planners seeking a solution to licensing changes sl...

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The Australian Investment and Securities Commission (ASIC) has begun court proceedings after an investigation into losses incurred by the Employees Produc-tivity Award Su...

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Wraps meet GST challenge It has been said that wrap accounts will become the ugly ducklings of the industry once they are subject to GST. BT Portfolio Services’ Bill Waw...

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Global Technology Fund Take Off Whether or not you believe that the economy has undergone a paradigm shift, there is no denying that ‘new economy’ stocks have left the...

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International equity investors have benefited from the Australian dollar’s habit of free falling, underpinning a staggering 8.3 per cent return for international funds in...

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Norwich Union has forked out $25 million for the revamping of the back office of its Navigator master trust....

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Strong growth by self managed super funds and industry funds helped boost Australian superan-nuation assets by 16.6 per cent in 1999, according to the latest Australian P...

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The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has relaxed its policy on sending life insurance applications electronically....

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Strong market conditions allowed Australian companies to raise $23 billion in new equity in the half year to end 31 December last year, according to a KMPG Corporate Fina...

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Macquarie has revamped its range of superannuation and allocated pension plans to include a number of estate planning initiatives and life insurance....

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Super growth for self manager super Despite recent reports to the contrary, self managed super funds continue to grow rapidly. Grant Abbott explains the factors behind ...

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

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A former Victorian financial adviser has been sentenced after stealing $4.4 million from clients, family and friends to feed his “raging gambling addiction”....

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A financial advice firm has been penalised $11 million in the Federal Court for providing ‘cookie cutter advice’ to its clients and breaching conflicted remuneration rule...

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