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The Federal Government’s top finance industry advisory group - the Financial Sector Advisory Council - is calling on Australia to resist excessive regulation of the finan...

Financial planning

Tower Trust has appointed former JPMorgan executive Philip Joseph to head its corporate trust business and drive a new growth strategy aimed at increasing its presence in...

Funds management

Fund managers must move aggressively to provide clients with objective counsel or the industry could see new advice models gain market share, in light of allegations of b...

Financial planning

Two of the industry's largest associations have pre-empted Government and regulators by outlawing several methods of alternative remuneration, and will now seek to reach ...

Financial planning

Former Challenger executive Jamie Kelly has started up his own practice to offer locum services to the financial planning industry....

Superannuation

The Australian Tax Office has issued a stern warning to the 560,000 Australians managing their own super by releasing guidelines clearly outlining instances in which trus...

Financial planning

Two of the industry’s largest associations have pre-empted Government and regulators by outlawing several methods of alternative remuneration, and will now seek to reach ...

Financial planning

A new wine investment scheme is being promoted as a customer loyalty plan for financial advisers, with investors getting their returns in the form of bottles of wine....

Financial planning

AXA Australia has raised the level of competition in the rapidly growing low-cost platform arena with the formal unveiling of its anticipated new baby wrap today - Genera...

Financial planning

Zurich Financial Services has recruited former AMP head of e-business Barry Tomkinson to a key executive posting focused on strategy, in what represents a pointed effort ...

Financial planning

The Securities Institute has extended the industry reach of its National Council with the appointment of Grant Samuel corporate adviser, Malcolm McComas....

Financial planning

The recent terse exchange between the Financial Planning Association and the Australian Investors Association revealed some of the deeper held suspicions relating to soft...

Financial planning

The financial services industry is bracing itself against the potential crippling cost of having to identify more than 9 million investors ahead of the Federal Government...

Financial planning

For the first time since Money Management began publishing its Top 50 Distributors list, the big players have loosened their stronghold on Australia’s financial advice di...

Financial planning

The Federal Government has acknowledged inherent flaws within the new Financial Services Reform regime are largely due to the legislation being principle-based rather tha...

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