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Funds management

This year will see a significant increase in the number of available ETFs in the Australian market as well as an increase in ETF providers, according to ETF Consulting....

Superannuation

New research by industry super fund REST reveals the degree to which Gen Y's require guidance on superannuation objectives....

Superannuation

The Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees is advocating the appointment of more women to superannuation fund boards....

Financial planning

The Trustee Corporations Associations of Australia has folded into the Financial Services Council to grow its membership base....

People & Products

Westpac group has announced two senior appointments, with George Frazis to head up St George Bank and Peter Clare to take over the reins at Westpac New Zealand....

Funds management

Proposed fund disclosure requirements for hedge funds have industry support, but experts say that the guidelines should extend to all complex investment schemes and that ...

Policy & Regulation

Both the FPA and AFA have distilled their lobbying on FOFA to sets of key issues and vow to maintain the fight....

Superannuation

Freya Purnell takes a closer look at what life after Stronger Super might bring to the superannuation sector....

Editorial

Mike Taylor writes that the failure of the industry’s critics to distinguish between the failure of product and the failure of advice is continuing to tarnish the reputat...

Superannuation

Member companies of the FSC will adhere to corporate governance standards higher than many believe are being met by industry super funds....

Editorial

ING Direct has reported a 10 per cent growth in net profit after tax to $304.3 million, with retail deposits up 12 per cent to $26.1 billion....

Financial planning

With little new business being written, most financial planning practices are reluctant to take on new staff - but there are still opportunities out there for recent grad...

Financial planning

The latest Financial Services Council chief investment officer index reveals Europe still acting as a serious drag on sentiment....

Financial planning

Mason Stevens has merged with 2020 Funds Management and 2020 DIRECTINVEST with a view to improving its scale, distribution and variety of product offerings....

Superannuation

The SPAA has come out strongly against the Government's changes to the concessional contributions regime, saying it "falls short of a workable solution"....

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