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Financial planning

Industry fund commentators have lamented the need to “educate” another new superannuation minister....

Financial planning

Industry fund commentators have lamented the need to educate another new superannuation minister....

People & Products

Genworth Financial has announced that Ellie Comerford will join Genworth Australia as president and chief executive of the Australian and New Zealand business....

Financial planning

ACCC chairman, Graeme Samuel has defended the time taken and the processes pursued in the decision to veto NAB’s acquisition of AXA AP....

Policy & Regulation

Perpetual’s departing chief executive and retiring chairman back MySuper and FOFA proposals....

Funds management

Around 90 Westpoint investors and former clients of Glenhurst Corporation are about to receive their share in compensation for their failed investments....

Financial planning

Allegations of breaches of corporate confidentiality have been made against AXA-owned dealer group Genesys Wealth Advisers by the former chair of its National Advisory Co...

Funds management

It costs anywhere between $30 million and $100 million to establish a retail investment platform and the ACCC believes no new players will be ready to ante up – par...

Financial planning

Accountant advisers are preparing their arguments against reforms which would see them prohibited from receiving any form of asset based fee, from as early as 1 July next...

Financial planning

Industry superannuation funds have signalled they will be continuing their long running campaign against financial planning commissions with Industry Funds Management cha...

Financial planning

The chairman of Count Financial, Barry Lambert, has announced the appointment of Don Sharp, co-founder of Bridges Financial Services, as a non-executive director of Count...

Financial planning

A conference of industry superannuation funds has been warned of the implications of a minority Coalition Government for the not-for-profit sector....

Financial planning

Listed investment companies have a strong future going forward, with changes to the Corporations Act favouring investors, Premium Investors chairman Tom Collins has claim...

Funds management

Yellow Brick Road continues to target the business of the ‘big four’ banks with the launch of a home loan option that doesn’t require borrowers to demon...

Financial planning

A forward-looking supervision action plan tailored to respective financial institutions is the centrepiece of APRA’s successful approach to supervision, according t...

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