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Financial planning
Northern Trust has continued its Asia-Pacific expansion with opening of Seoul office. ...
Superannuation
Vertical integration is off the radar for the time being but may come back if amendments to the FOFA legislation are revived according to ISA. ...
Financial planning
Westpac will sell five of its Pacific Island banking operations as it focuses on Fiji and Papua New Guinea....
Financial planning
FPA backs FSI recommendation that ASIC be given product intervention powers. ...
Life/Risk
Cromwell Property Group has entered a conditional deal to purchase European property funds manager, Valad Europe, for $208 million....
People & Products
TAL parent, Dai-ichi, announces North American and Asia-Pacific expansion plans....
Financial planning
FPA chief executive Mark Rantall has asked members to imagine a profession that is highly regarded and urged them to get behind recommended changes to higher education an...
Superannuation
AIST urges Government not to adopt Board of Taxation’s recommendations lifting the super payment threshold for low income workers to $1350 a quarter....
Funds management
Perpetual has announced net inflows of $500 million for the December quarter largely driven by inflows into Perpetual Equity Investment Company Limited, the group’s firs...
Financial planning
SPAA chief executive, Andrea Slattery, says SMSF trustees should feel comforted by the level of regulatory scrutiny the sector receives....
Financial planning
The Capital Markets Cooperative Research Centre says ASIC chairman, Greg Medcraft, is off the mark when he pushes for a national exam in the absence of evidence it will a...
Financial planning
AFA Chief Commercial Officer Anne Fuchs will leave the association after six months in the role to take on a distribution role with Sunsuper....
Financial planning
The raft of reviews and inquiries into the financial planning sector has created the optimal set of circumstances in which to lift professional and educational standards ...
Financial planning
The FPA will drop its efforts to enshrine 'financial planner' under law claiming it would be automatically protected if recommendations from the PJC are adopted by the Fe...
Financial planning
Standard Life opens new offices amid continued global growth....
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