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New Financial Services Partners (FSP) chief executive officer Charles Smith has set the pace for the firm for 2012, touting business protection and growth, new dealer gro...

Financial planning

Contribution caps help widen the gender gap in retirement savings as they do not allow women to catch up with their superannuation after career breaks such as maternity l...

Financial planning

Australian Financial Services Group (AFS) has announced the appointment of Ken Blayney to the role of regional manager for Western Australia and South Australia....

Superannuation

Pauline Vamos believes it is time for the rebranding of the superannuation industry. ...

Financial planning

The SMSF model had become increasingly attractive to younger investors over the past few years with the trend set to continue, according to predictions by SPAA....

Financial planning

The SMSF model had become increasingly attractive to younger investors over the past few years with the trend set to continue, according to predictions by SPAA....

Financial planning

Threadneedle Investments has recruited Iain Richards as new head of governance and responsible investment....

Financial planning

Threadneedle Investments has recruited Iain Richards as new head of governance and responsible investment....

Financial planning

Since its establishment in February this year, MLC's retirement solutions team has grown to 10 people. Of those, eight were recruited straight from AXA....

Financial planning

Ongoing consolidation remained a central theme for the financial services industry in 2011, with big names such as Lonsec, Count Financial, DKN Financial Group and ING In...

Superannuation

Colonial First State's radical revamp of its FirstChoice platform had the ambitious goal of putting an end to the "fruitless debate" surrounding the fees charged by indus...

Financial planning

If Industry Super Network has ended 2011 as the industry's big winner, it came at the expense of the financial planning industry....

Financial planning

Following comments made by Citigroup's global chief executive officer Vikram Pandit that the company plans to cut around 4,500 jobs worldwide, Citi Australia claims it ha...

Financial planning

The Australian Financial Services (AFS) Group has bolstered its presence in Queensland, with the Brisbane-based financial planning practice Alps Network deciding to align...

People & Products

Global financial services firm BTIG Australia Limited has bolstered its international equities capabilities with the appointments of Leo Borovilas and Andrew Best....

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