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Reverse mortgage operator Bluestone Equity Release plans to align with a number of financial services institutions to provide reverse mortgages to the retail market....

Financial planning

An industry review of the Code of Practice on Alternative Forms of Remuneration has found local licensees and planners have adapted well to the disclosure regime....

Financial planning

Australia’s largest financial planning group, Professional Investment Services, has signed a deal with Skandia that gives the dealer group the green light to provide weal...

Financial planning

ING Management Limited has forked out more than $45 million on two healthcare properties on behalf of its Real Estate Healthcare Fund....

Financial planning

Meritum Financial Group has snared two long term Winchcombe Carson adviser practices in Melbourne....

Financial planning

Bridges has bought the financial planning arm of three Sydney-based credit unions for an undisclosed sum....

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Significant changes are occurring at the top for UBS Australia, with the company announcing today that its Australian chief executive, Colin Woods, is stepping down to ta...

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Financial planning

Moving IOOF’s retail distribution operation to Perennial has claimed its first causality in head of distribution Andrew Stewart....

Financial planning

The Government’s plan to make professional indemnity insurance mandatory for financial planners has received a lukewarm response from the Financial Planning Association o...

Financial planning

Bridges chief executive officer Alex Hutchison has been put in charge of all adviser groups in Australian Wealth Management....

Financial planning

The growth of St George Wealth Management accounted for a significant proportion of St George Bank’s record $1.026 billion annual profit, according to Asgard chief execut...

Financial planning

Aviva has continued to boost its investment in financial planning firms, taking a 25 per cent stake in Queensland-based Infocus Wealth Management....

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