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The Federal Government has outlined its own formula for growing superannuation savings in the face of calls from business groups and the ACTU for Australia’s major politi...

Managed funds research house Morningstar is claiming managed funds are able to beat any given benchmark but few do so, due to a lack of manager skill....

Westpac Banking Corporation’s ongoing strategic review going under the title of Project Sunrise is set to significantly shake-up the way tied planners of the group operat...

AMP Financial Planning (AMPFP) has earmarked an extension of services to its top flight financial planners operating under its Platinum Group initiative which will also i...

The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has written a submission to the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) requesting it use its discretionary power...

The Financial Planning Association (FPA) is reviewing the provision of education services and may even cease to offer courses according to chief executive Kerrie Kelly....

Platform provider Symetry has struck a deal that will see it distribute Customer Acquisition and Retention Management’s (CARM) Guided Planning System (GPS) to the 200 adv...

The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) has warned that the salaried financial advisers of banking institutions may not have to disclose all the influences inducing t...

ANZ has appointed former ING Advice and Dealer Groups executive director, Mike Goodall to head up its advice business following the decision late last year by incumbent g...

DAVID SHIRLOW argues super should still be considered an option for high-income clients as a means of paying for life insurance....

It was a year of acquisitions for Investor Group, driving up adviser numbers for the independent dealer in 2003....

Orion Asset Management has certainly made a splash into the boutique funds management pool....

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