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Financial planning

Print Super has bolstered its position in the corporate superannuation outsourcing stakes with the launch late last week of a new public offer vehicle - mychoice....

Financial planning

All eyes and ears will be on Kathryn Greiner as she takes over the chairmanship of the FPA at the association’s annual convention. But as REBECCA EVANS reports, she’s rea...

Financial planning

The upcoming implementation of choice of fund legislation is set to push corporate superannuation industry further into consolidation mode and will trigger an explosion i...

Financial planning

Lonsdale Financial Group has developed its own practice management programme that offers business planning, management and lifestyle advice to its associates....

Financial planning

FuturePlus Financial Services has struck a deal with software provider Milestone to implement its integrated fund processing and analytic software platform....

Superannuation

The SMSF Professional’s Association of Australia has launched a new accreditation program for advisers, pre-empting Australian Taxation Office plans to double the number ...

Financial planning

Fledging financial services software company Bravura Solutions added Syscorp to its takeover menu today as well as finalising the acquisition of another major software pr...

Funds management

Rivkin Financial Services’ newly appointed board has moved quickly to impose its plans for the group by allocating $6 million of the firm’s cash reserves to Sydney-based ...

Financial planning

Bridgeport Advisers and Asset Managers’ senior staff have failed in their management buy-out bid for the Sydney-based advice firm after the company was sold yesterday to ...

Financial planning

Tower-owned advice firm Bridges Financial Services has lost its chief executive Chris Wren following an executive make-over of the Trans-Tasman firm’s wealth management a...

Financial planning

ING Australia has finalised the restructure of its distribution operations with the appointment today of Sealcorp director of distribution and sales Dan Powell into the n...

Financial planning

MMC Asset Management has provided an enforceable undertaking to the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) following an investigation into unsolicited of...

Financial planning

Colonial First State will reduce the fees on the First Choice investment platform and introduce 12 further investment options including a boutique multi-manager option fr...

Financial planning

The ongoing dispute between Morningstar and its former managing director, Graham Rich, has taken another twist, with Rich accusing the research group of making false and ...

Financial planning

Advisers and dealer groups who flout the new industry code of practice on soft dollar payments may be publicly ‘outed’ by the financial planning association (FPA)....

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