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ANZ chief executive John McFarlane has played down speculation he will expand the bank’s wealth management business through acquisitions in the near future, while announc...
Financial planning
Russell Investment Group will hand over the administration of one of Australia’s oldest corporate superannuation funds in April next year after AMP declared it was transf...
Financial planning
Macquarie has joined a limited number of platform providers that are rebating fund manager volume discounts back to clients....
Financial planning
Advisers selling Term Allocated Pensions (TAPs) have been warned they may be putting themselves in the firing line of future litigation because of the higher commissions ...
Financial planning
Investors are less interested in the fees-versus-commissions debate and much more interested in finding an adviser they can depend on, writes Craig Dunn....
Financial planning
AMP Financial Planning, as of next year, will demand its more than 1,000 authorised representatives sit an annual exam before they can continue practicing under the banne...
Financial planning
Boutique investment group Select Asset Management has stepped up its push into the absolute return and alternative investment space, bringing former Berkley Group head of...
Financial planning
Former AMP-owned HHG is closing its global financial planning operations, Towry Law International (TLI), to new business due to the tough market conditions faced by advi...
Financial planning
AMP is confident of a reversal of fortune following last year’s $5.5 billion loss, announcing today a renewed commitment to regional wealth management and flagging allian...
Financial planning
AMP has revamped its fledgling non-super AMP Flexible Lifetime Investments product, which was launched in June 2003, by expanding the offering to include 47 different inv...
Policy & Regulation
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has given directions to AMP Life, while the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has accepted an ...
Financial planning
AMP has confirmed that it is willing to review its investment platform strategy as part of a bid to rejuvenate its wealth management business under new chief executive An...
Financial planning
The perception that planners are doing it tough has been confirmed by this year’s funds under advice per planner figures. John Wilkinson reports....
Financial planning
Money Management’s Top 100 Dealer Group Survey highlights the enormous impact a National Australia Bank takeover of AMP would have on the financial services industry. Mik...
Financial planning
If the National Australia Bank is ultimately successful in nabbing AMP, it will unbalance the pillars of power says, Graham Rich....
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It's not licensees not putting them on, it's small businesses (that are licensed) that cannot afford to put them on. The...