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Financial planning

The Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) has stepped up its support for the introduction of the proposed growth pension, to fill the existing gap in the m...

Financial planning

Australian accounting firms that operate under the worldwide MGI banner are to merge to form a new financial planning group called Acquest which plans to list in October....

Financial planning

Former Perpetual Investments managing director Rodney Green has resurfaced in the financial services industry, joining the Melbourne based Treasury Group....

Financial planning

Online financial services group InvestorWeb has beefed up its commitment to financial planning software with the signing of former AM Corporation executive David Harley a...

Financial planning

Accounting and financial planning consolidator Stockford has acquired Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu’s financial advisery business for $7.5 million....

Financial planning

Nick Bedding is to take over from David Catchpole in the top job at Tasmanian financial planning and stockbroking firm Shadforths....

Financial planning

Succession planning should start the day a planner opens the doors for business, says Garvan Financial Planning general manger Greg Miller....

Financial planning

HSBC has beefed up its investment team with the addition of Tim Gough, former Macquarie Bank executive, as manager....

Financial planning

Online financial services group InvestorWeb has signed a deal that will roll out its new web-based financial planning software to more than 100 advisers....

Financial planning

Since its outset, financial services dealer Investor Group Limited has blazed its way along an acquisition trail in the name of distribution expansion and business effici...

Financial planning

Deutsche Asset Management has restructured its executive team in an effort to shore up operations of its divisions throughout Asia....

Funds management

Colonial First State Australia has expanded in to the domestic private equity sector with the roll out of a Diversified Private Equity Fund....

Financial planning

Prominent financial services figure Tony Ash has returned to Sydney as Zurich’s business operations manager, after spending nearly a year as Zurich Personal Financial Ser...

Financial planning

The recent spate of new faces at BT Funds Management is the current phase in what has been an active revolving door over the past 12 months....

Financial planning

Australian Retirement Income Stream Association (ARISA) chief executive officer Kieren Dell has resigned from his post after 12 months in the top job....

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