CHIEF EXECUTIVE

Financial planning

MFS has acquired New Zealand based financial dealer group Northplan for NZ$52.5 million, with plans to merge it with MFS New Zealand as part of the group’s strategy to bu...

Financial planning

IWL Limited has secured another three-year agreement with BT Wrap for the provision of its equities trading and portfolio management platform – Echelon Portfolio....

Superannuation

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Financial planning

Financial Services Partners has undertaken a new marketing exercise to strengthen its brand aimed at rewarding the top clients of its advisers through the provision of a ...

Financial planning

The introduction of the Tax Law Amendments (Simplified Superannuation) Bill into Parliament has drawn mixed reactions from the financial services industry....

Life/Risk

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Financial planning

Financial planners’ performance has improved over the past two to three years, according to 28 per cent of Australians surveyed in the fifth annual Confidence in Corporat...

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Financial planning

In a move to better position itself to take advantage of the continuing infrastructure boom, Deloitte has today announced a three-way expansion of its Corporate Finance G...

Financial planning

New research has revealed that nearly half the Australian public believes socially responsible investments deliver lower returns than mainstream funds, despite the majori...

Financial planning

The majority of Australians want their superannuation funds to be more influential in the corporate governance, social and environmental practice standards of the compani...

Superannuation

A survey of investor sentiment conducted by the Investment and Financial Services Association shows a high level of importance is being placed on retirement savings, a la...

Financial planning

Skandia has revealed part of the motivation for its recent acquisition of Intech stemmed from a desire to differentiate itself in what it perceives as an ever-increasing ...

Financial planning

The Investment and Financial Services Association will this week release the results of research revealing a distinct improvement in consumer sentiment towards financial ...

Funds management

Macquarie Real Estate has made a $30 million equity investment in St Hilliers property group as part of a joint venture in the property funds management and development s...

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Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...

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

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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. ...

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The FSCP has issued a written direction to an adviser who charged clients “extraordinary fees” for inappropriate and conflicted advice, as well as encouraged them to swit...

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

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