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Promina’s financial services division, Asteron, has made a flurry of key appointments to its marketing and distribution team in an effort to realign the division and driv...
Funds management
Nine months into a two-year recovery strategy, Tower Limited is back in the black having posted a $4.87 million profit for the six months ended September, 2003....
Financial planning
ING’s dealer group Tandem and RetireInvest have been thrown into disarray after all staff involved in management, compliance and services functions have been told they wi...
Financial planning
If Tom Collins, principal of the Tom Collins Consultancy, has been one of the most influential players through 2003 it is probably because the industry has, finally, come...
Financial planning
Careful and considered planning has cleared the road ahead for Royal Automobile Club of Victoria Financial Services, says John Wilkinson....
Financial planning
The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has voiced opposition to Labor’s proposed ban on commissions for superannuation guarantee contributions, arguing this would make ...
Financial planning
The Financial Planning Association’s (FPA) professional indemnity (PI) taskforce has been criticised by one of its own members as stagnating on securing an association-wi...
Financial planning
Financial services training and education provider Tribeca has flagged a two-tier growth strategy at its annual general meeting today that will see it continue to exploit...
Superannuation
Trustees of self managed superannuation funds have been warned by the Australian Taxation Office that it intends progressively moving beyond education to enforcement....
Financial planning
Financial advisers are facing a potential capital gains tax (CGT) hit in transitioning to the new Financial Services Reform (FSR) regime that has the potential to cost th...
Financial planning
An adviser from Darling Point, New South Wales, has been banned from representing a securities dealer or investment adviser for five years after his company breached cond...
Financial planning
Dealer groups don’t just happen, they evolve. John Wilkinson reports....
Financial planning
As smaller players in financial services look for scale, the larger institutional players have continued to consolidate. Mike Taylor reports....
Financial planning
Financial planning dealer group Mawson Securities has signed up 50 life advisers into its fledgling second dealer group, Aurora Financial Planning, which offers financial...
People & Products
Challenger Financial Services Group (CFSG) has appointed Europe-based technology group SimCorp Dimension to service its portfolio and investment management back-office op...
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The succession dilemma is more than just a matter of commitments.This isn’t simply about younger vs. older advisers. It’...
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It's not licensees not putting them on, it's small businesses (that are licensed) that cannot afford to put them on. The...