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Financial planning

The insurance and superannuation industries are relatively well placed to absorb further falls in the stock market and a blow-out in credit spreads, according to APRA cha...

People & Products

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has announced the appointment of Peter Kell and Greg Tanzer as the regulator’s new commissioners....

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Superannuation

StatewideSuper and Local Super have announced the commencement of due diligence ahead of a potential merger between the two superannuation funds....

Editorial

Robert Keavney agrees that the USA should be stripped of its AAA rating - and wonders whether it could be downgraded further. ...

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People & Products

Wilson HTM has announced the retirement of managing director Steve Wilson, effective 27 October 2011. He will be replaced by current head of private wealth management And...

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People & Products

National Australia Bank (NAB) has announced the appointment of Dr Ken Henry AC to the role of non-executive director....

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Financial planning

Snowball chief executive Tony McDonald will depart the company on 4 October 2012 as part of the integration between Snowball and Shadforth, the company announced....

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Financial planning

Following a successful $5 million capital raising earlier this month, portfolio administration specialist Praemium has announced an organisational restructure and cost-re...

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Superannuation

The AFA has warned the Government's Stronger Super package remains flawed because financial planners were not given a voice....

Financial planning

Former Trio director Keith Finkelde has entered into an enforceable undertaking with APRA that will see him barred from acting as the trustee of an APRA-regulated super e...

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People & Products

Hastings Funds Management appoints former Sensis boss, Andrew Day, as new CEO....

Funds management

ASIC has recommended asset level disclosure on hedge funds as it pursues tighter requirements in a post-Astarra/Trio environment....

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Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has announced it will use the results of a controversial survey of the 20 largest financial services licensees...

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Financial planning

The former chief financial officer of Westpoint, Graeme Rundle, has been sentenced to two concurrent 18-month prison terms. The sentence will be suspended as he enters in...

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Financial planning

Targeting growth in financial advice will not be the only area of focus for Plan B, according to the dealer group's newly appointed chief executive officer, Andrew Black....

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So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

3 months 2 weeks ago

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

3 months 2 weeks ago

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

5 months 3 weeks ago

A financial advice firm has been penalised $11 million in the Federal Court for providing ‘cookie cutter advice’ to its clients and breaching conflicted remuneration rule...

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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has confirmed who will succeed Stephen Jones to serve as the Assistant Treasurer and Financial Services Minister. ...

1 week ago

ASIC has permanently banned a former Perth adviser after he made “materially misleading” statements to induce investors. ...

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