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A former Canberra financial planner linked to failed investment scheme, the Wattle Group, has pleading guilty to 13 charges of breaching sections of the Corporations Law,...
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Online financial services group Sanford has signed Perth based BankWest to its Virtual Broker Retail service, who will provide online share trading to its customers....
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PlantinumChoice Portfolio Services, the new master trust to be administered by Norwich owned Navigator, will be offering an equity stake to select groups of advisers foll...
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Assirt has released two separate ratings of Sandhurst Trustees and Norwich Union which looks favourably upon recent changes made at the respective fund managers....
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ETHICAL investments still remain on the outer for financial planners despite frenzied activity in the ethical funds management marketplace last year and increasing invest...
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Life insurance group Lumley has launched a new critical illness product in an effort to tackle the issue of the rising costs of trauma insurance....
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A small, boutique Melbourne-based fund manger has launched two Australian equity trusts using direct distribution....
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Web-based risk profiling system, ProQuest is now fully integrated with Sealcorp’s on-line adviser services portal, adviserNET following the signing of an agreement betwee...
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Former ING Financial Planning chief executive Mark Spiers has announced his re-emergence in the industry by taking on the role of ASX FundConnect project director....
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Dealer groups that launch their own master trusts are said to offer their planners even more choice. But, as KATE KACHOR reports, not everyone believes in their long-term...
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Wrap accounts are set to replace master trusts as tomorrow’s product. <caps>Fiona Moore</caps> finds out why, and what it means for financial planners....
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A former adviser with Professional Investment Services has made an enforceable undertaking to the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) not to act as an...
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All Standard & Poor's ASX indices will move to a ‘free float’ model from October 1 this year to reduce portfolio turnover and increase portfolio stability, it was confirm...
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The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has responded to calls by financial planners to recognise pre-1995 training, announcing yesterday it would acc...
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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...