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People & Products

Fabio Ferro joins Wealth Enhancers as portfolio manager....

Financial planning

The FPA argues that transitional issues and other factors justify delaying implementation of the Tax Agent Services Act until post-election. ...

Accounting

IPA upgrades its bookkeper designation to take account of BAS agents and the Tax Practitioner Board....

Financial planning

Superannuation fund legalsuper has changed asset consultants, relinquishing JANA in favour of Towers Watson....

Financial planning

With more mortgage brokers taking advantage of the growth of the self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) space, the MFFA will soon launch a training course in SMSF lendin...

Financial planning

Centric Wealth has released the findings of its first advisory group meeting – and they provide a welcome news on fees for the industry, says chief executive Phil Kearns....

Funds management

ASIC has suspended LM Investment Management’s AFSL for two years as its investigation into the fund manager continues. ...

Funds management

ETF usage in model portfolios is exploding, with OneVue noticing that ETF investment on its unified managed account platform has more than tripled over the last nine mont...

People & Products

Zurich has appointed Philip Anderson as chief underwriting officer, life and investment, Australia....

People & Products

Ascalon Capital Managers has appointed Robert Lance as head of Australia. ...

Superannuation

The financial services industry is calling for a bipartisan approach to the newly announced super changes, with many raising concerns about complexity. ...

Superannuation

The Federal Government's changes to superannuation could result in a significant outflow of funds from the super system as people with high balances seek to avoid the imp...

Financial planning

More than a dozen AFS practices have left the dealer group, with eight migrating to ANZ with others understood to have gone to BT and InFocus....

Financial planning

Perpetual has completed the roll-out of its enhanced portfolio wrap service within in its Perpetual Private personal advisory business....

Superannuation

Swan refuses to explain why super changes are being pushed into Budget if they are not aimed at major savings....

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