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Financial planning

Financial adviser-sold retail risk insurance outside superannuation is set to grow at 9 per cent per annum over the next 15 years, according to a Rice Warner report into ...

People & Products

FMD Financial has announced its successful merger with FMD Group member Reynolds Williams and Associates and the appointment of former Perpetual Private Wealth executive ...

Superannuation

SPAA has warned SMSFs need to remain cautious despite a recent ATO interpretive decision on assets used as security for personal loans. ...

Superannuation

Jennifer Brookhouse outlines the issues to consider when deciding whether a superannuation death benefit going to a child should be paid as an income stream or into a tes...

Financial planning

The sale of an industrial allotment on Brisbane's south-side has seen property fund manager CYRE Trilogy produce an additional 12.7 per cent gain for investors in its Bri...

Financial planning

Chartered accounting and financial advisory firm William Buck has strengthened its audit specialisation with the appointment of a new director of the company's audit and ...

Financial planning

The number of students in Certified Financial Planner (CFP) aligned courses more than doubled in 2011 and the industry is now viewing graduate entrants more favourably, a...

Financial planning

The current round of reforms attempt to manage conflicts of interest in the industry, but they won't be eliminated unless there is a structural separation of product and ...

Financial planning

Count chief Andrew Gale has announced his departure from the dealer group, having resigned from his roles as chief executive officer, managing director and director....

Financial planning

The County Court of Victoria has sentenced the former director of International Consulting Group Pty Ltd to a total of three years and two months jail on charges brought ...

People & Products

FIIG Securities has hired Andrew Gordon as new fixed income research director....

Superannuation

David Court takes a look at two consequences of a member's bankruptcy that will directly impact on an SMSF and provides a number of strategies on how to respond to them....

Financial planning

A Gold Coast-based unlicensed financial services business has been issued interim court orders by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC)....

People & Products

Vanguard Australia founder Jeremy Duffield has been appointed a non-executive director of the MLC board....

Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has cancelled the Australian Financial Services Licence of Melbourne-based practice FP Investment Partners....

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The RBA has handed down its much-anticipated rate decision, following widespread expectations of a close call....

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