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Financial planning

The Financial Services Complaints Tribunal (FICS) is continuing to streamline its complaint processes towards more conciliation orientated outcomes, six months into the i...

Financial planning

The Australian Labor Party (ALP) has emerged as the only major critic of the superannuation deal struck between the Government and the Australian Democrats to introduce a...

People & Products

Perennial Investment Partners has moved to cut the apron strings from founding shareholder, IOOF, with the latter’s executives stepping down as board directors clearing t...

People & Products

Avanteos chief executive Mark Papendieck will step down from the group after concluding his three year employment contract and will be replaced by former Commonwealth Ban...

Financial planning

Bill Ireland’s fledgling financial services group, Mariner Financial, has co-launched a new Australian boutique investment bank - to be branded under the Mariner banner....

Financial planning

The weak activity within general technology markets is not being reflected in the provision of financial planning software, with a number of new firms entering the fray. ...

Financial planning

AMP shares rose more than 25 per cent today to highs of $6.52 after National Australia Bank’s purchase of 34.3 million shares hinted to the market that the National is po...

Funds management

AXA Asia Pacific Holdings (AXA APH), with profit of $287 million, has more than doubled its performance for the six months ending June in comparison to last year’s $134 m...

Financial planning

The head of funds management markets at ING, Jarrod Brown, has left his position and will head back to distribution, taking on the role of head of funds management distri...

Financial planning

UBS Global Asset Management has closed its Australian equities book to new institutional mandates, opting to use its remaining funds under management capacity to source m...

Financial planning

Australia’s larger financial institutions have begun receiving their Australian Financial Services Licences (AFSL) in compliance with the Financial Services Reform (FSR) ...

Editorial

AMP today affirmed market expectations in announcing a $2.16 billion market loss, attributing the losses to the previously flagged poor performance of its UK life operati...

Financial planning

Perpetual Trustees Australia today announced the appointment of Macquarie Funds Management head David Deverall as its replacement for outgoing managing director and chief...

Financial planning

Boutique financial planning outfit, the Berkley Group, has launched Wraport Portfolio Services, a new administration tool exclusively for use of high-net-worth investors....

Funds management

Australian fund managers are confident this financial year will prove more fruitful than 2002/03 despite the failure of estimates made this time last year to materialise....

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MARKET INSIGHTS

So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

4 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 ...

4 months 3 weeks ago

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

6 months 3 weeks ago

Commonwealth Bank has formally dropped to zero advisers following LGT Crestone’s acquisition of its advice arm – some six years on from the Hayne royal commission. ...

2 weeks 3 days ago

ASIC has cancelled the AFSL of an advice firm associated with Shield and First Guardian collapses, and permanently banned its responsible manager. ...

1 week 2 days ago

ASIC has banned a former NSW adviser from providing advice for 10 years for investing at least $14.8 million into a cryptocurrency-based scam. ...

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