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Financial planning

Equity Trustees elevates contest with Perpetual for Trust into a fight ...

Financial planning

Former ACCC chairman Graeme Samuel will headline Money Management’s Platforms and Wraps conference, which is focused on competition....

Financial planning

The ACCC is conducting a public review into the proposed merger between Perpetual and The Trust Company....

People & Products

ASIC Commissioner Peter Kell has been promoted to deputy chair for a five-year period and will commence his new role on 6 May....

Financial planning

A new survey reveals how slowly financial services regulators are responding to politicians’ questions....

Financial planning

The Financial Services Council's backdown on its 'churning' policy has been welcomed by the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA)....

Editorial

Macquarie Group looks to 10 per cent improvement in 2013 result on back of improving market conditions....

Funds management

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) is set to shift its focus towards the wealth management industry in 2013, according to Minter Ellison partner Ka...

Editorial

As the planning industry considers ASIC’s consultation paper on conflicted remuneration, Paragem's Ian Knox argues that the spoils will likely go to those with the most t...

Editorial

There has been a tendency to forget about the ACCC ever since the regulation of consumer protection in the financial services industry moved to ASIC in 2001. But as Grant...

Financial planning

Count founder Barry Lambert denies ever suggesting an unwritten non-compete code exists between dealer groups....

Financial planning

ACCC acknowledges 'unwritten code' comments stemming from dealer group turf war....

Life/Risk

Synchron has slammed the FSC's new life insurance churn policy as "disgraceful"....

Superannuation

The Productivity Commission has signalled it will be recommending vastly more transparency be injected into the process of selecting default superannuation funds under mo...

Financial planning

The ACCC has issued a decision which may have implications for organisations in the financial planning industry....

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