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Financial planning
A further preliminary report from the Cooper Review regarding its new MySuper proposal argues that trailing commissions should become a thing of the past....
Financial planning
NAB is considering its options in the wake of the ACCC's decision to block its bid for AXA Asia Pacific - but none of them are simple or easy....
Financial planning
The ACCC has opposed NAB's bid for AXA Asia Pacific, choosing to instead back AMP....
Financial planning
Dealer group Plan B announces the standing aside of its managing director as the chairman oversees a consolidation....
Superannuation
ING argues that the regulations around SMSFs need to be tightened but not so much as to preclude entry to the sector....
Financial planning
ASIC's new consultation paper on agribusiness schemes has prompted specialists to argue that debt rather than general information was the major problem....
People & Products
WB Financial has appointed David Keys as its new chief executive officer....
Financial planning
AMP chairman Peter Mason has emphasised the ability of his company to act as a non-bank bulwark in the wealth management arena....
Financial planning
The Cooper Review's focus on making superannuation administration more efficient has won industry support....
Financial planning
Industry superannuation funds Cbus and CONNECT have announced a landmark in-principle agreement to merge....
Financial planning
Professional Investment Services (PIS) is seeking to buy its advisers' shares in subsidiary funds management business Ventura Investment Management in an effort to remove...
Financial planning
Incoming Count Financial chief Andrew Gale will continue the group's acquisitions drive in 2010, while also reassessing Count's stake in competitor DKN Financial Group....
Financial planning
The chairman of the Cooper Review has recommended monetary penalties for employers with sloppy super admin, and said that the current paper-based system should be address...
Financial planning
Former US-based Australian executive John James to lead Vanguard from May 1....
Financial planning
Secret talks between Count Financial and Mortgage Choice about combining their respective mortgage businesses have been called off....
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