NEWS

Perpetual Trustees will expand its corporate trust business after purchasing AXA Trustees for $24 million....

Austgrowth Property Syndicates has stepped up its efforts to market property syndicates to financial planners....

Australian Unity has bought syndicator York Capital from the Abigroup. According to industry sources, Australian Unity paid $1.5 million for the company. ...

The sale of County Investment Management has taken a further step forward with the release of an information memorandum to interested buyers this week....

It’s like a ticking time bomb sitting beneath the financial planning industry. Tax legislation aimed at snaring IT and construction contractors has unintentionally caught...

“It’s about 70 per cent fees. It has turned around from being 20 per cent in favour of fees about five years ago, moving with the trend towards more fee based services. I...

Mercantile Mutual’s head of equities Peter Mouatt is to join his former boss Greg Matthews at Macquarie Funds Management....

The recent changes in taxation have altered the retirement income streams landscape. JOHN PERRI and ANDREW LOWE examine where the opportunities now lie. ...

While the Rolling Stones sang 'You can't always get what you want', that hasn't stopped planners seeking the ideal product. <B>JULIA NEWBOULD</B> examines what advisers a...

Australia needs to move away from dependence on lump sum superannuation payouts and into retirement income streams. <B>Kieran Dell</B> examines how new products can help ...

Allocated pensions first became popular in the early nineties and many of these will be a decade old soon. Unfortunately this can mean trouble for those who hold them. AM...

Educated investors are no longer willing to put up with financial plans which don't meet their needs but advisers have ways to protect themselves as <B>John Wilkinson</B>...

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So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

5 months 1 week ago

Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...

5 months 2 weeks ago

Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...

7 months 2 weeks ago

The RBA has handed down its much-anticipated rate decision, following widespread expectations of a close call....

1 week 1 day ago

The FSCP has issued a written direction to an adviser who charged clients “extraordinary fees” for inappropriate and conflicted advice, as well as encouraged them to swit...

3 weeks 2 days ago

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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