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Mortgage Choice appoints MLC’s John Flavell as its new CEO....

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Financial planning

Long-serving Energy Super chairman, Bob Henricks steps down to be replaced by his deputy, Mark Williamson....

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People & Products

Bank of Queensland (BOQ) has appointed Jon Sutton as managing director and chief executive officer, effective immediately....

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Financial planning

Spring Financial Group is the latest financial planning group to seek a listing on the ASX, after launching an IPO in late December....

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Editorial

The retirement of Matthew Rowe after two terms as chairman of the FPA represents the closing of a chapter in the organisation’s continuing evolution. ...

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Financial planning

Authorised deposit-taking institutions’ mortgage lending practices will come under the microscope in 2015 as APRA seeks to clampdown on risky lending....

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Financial planning

FPA chief executive, Mark Rantall, has expressed disappointment that the ASIC chairman’s comments impacted the entire profession....

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Financial planning

Much as a judge or magistrate has a duty to stay impartial when hearing matters which come before their courts, so too does a Commonwealth regulator....

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Financial planning

ASIC chairman, Greg Medcraft admits he's fired up and heartbroken over bad financial planners. ...

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People & Products

Magellan Financial Group has announced it has appointed Dr Brett Cairns as executive chairman, effective 1 January 2015....

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Financial planning

The financial services industry is being urged to embrace technology to help boost consumers’ understanding of financial products....

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Life/Risk

The Minister for Finance and Acting Asistant Treasurer, Senator Mathias Cormann will address a Money Management breakfast traversing key issues....

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Financial planning

Managed account specialists warn that grandfathering needs to be viewed as a diminishing resource....

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Financial planning

FPA’s outgoing chairman, Matthew Rowe, says the FPA won’t seek to defend the indefensible where bad advice is concerned....

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Financial planning

Resigning AWI chairman, Andrew Barnes, flags possibility of company pursuing action to recover van Eyk losses. ...

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