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The financial services industry is battling CLERP6 legislation which could cost dealers, brokers and advisers hundreds of thousands of dollars each in CGT and stamp duty....

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It was going to be a bit of a coup for the Melbourne chapter of the FPA. ASIC’s most senior stick waver, Alan Cameron was coming down to Melbourne to chat to the assemble...

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Three developments over the past few weeks point to a major surge in the purchase of managed funds without advice and a major headache for advisers without their fingers ...

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Advisers should not sail too close to the wind when it comes to tax planning. At least that is the opinion of Kenneths Group director John Day who says it is im-portant ...

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Inch.com.au has launched a website offering financial planners and their clients on-line financial planning advice, legal and accounting services....

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Summit master trust has rolled out its own DIY service for self managed super funds (SMSFs) and their trustees, offering administration and custody services. ...

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The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) is encouraging investors to use a report highlighting unstable offshore financial centres....

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Investors remain undeterred by recent sharemarket volatility, seeing it as an opportunity to buy bargain stocks. According to a recent Macquarie Bank survey, 68 per cent ...

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Bendigo Bank has made a scrip for scrip bid for Queensland-based First Australian Building So-ciety valuing First Australian at $140 million....

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Colonial boss Peter Smedley has been named chairman of BHP's long products business, to be called OneSteel....

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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....

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