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Financial planning
NAB Asset Servicing has won the custody mandate for HIP....
Financial planning
Financial planners and their clients have to supplant platform providers and fund managers as the price setters in the advice equation, according to Colonial First State ...
Financial planning
Trust Company seeks to leverage regional presence....
People & Products
Former Commonwealth Bank executive general manager David Hancock has signed on with Firstfolio as its new chief executive....
Life/Risk
For insurers to survive and thrive they must pursue a program of continuous and customer-led innovation, writes Duncan West....
Financial planning
Asteron Life has updated its group risk strategy to focus on the corporate, superannuation fund and platform provider market as it also looks to leverage its relationship...
Financial planning
A number of recent high profile executive departures reflect the current economic environment and cost-cutting measures being undertaken across financial services and ban...
Financial planning
Financial services industry stalwart and founder of Count Financial, Barry Lambert, was this year's recipient of the Lifetime Achievement award at the Money Management/Lo...
Financial planning
The Colonial First State restructure sees Brian Bissaker depart with the separation of advice and changed reporting lines....
Financial planning
A significant restructure of Colonial First State will see Brian Bissaker leave the company with Marianne Perkovic and Linda Elkins filling key roles....
Superannuation
The Government needs to take a more demographic-centric approach to superannuation policy by adopting a soft-compulsion system for persons under the age of 40, according ...
Financial planning
Commonwealth Bank of Australia has launched an interactive website that aims to map the changing goals of Australia in real-time....
Financial planning
ASIC's platforms review has drawn support from a range of stakeholders for proposing providing additional consumer protection via capital adequacy and for placing the spo...
Financial planning
The independence of accountants who align their businesses with financial planning dealer groups could be called into question, according to RSM Bird Cameron principal Pe...
Life/Risk
MLC has improved MLC Insurance and MLC Insurance (Super) with a number of product enhancements, and updates to their insurance writing programs....
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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’...
Significant ethical issues there. If a relationship is in the process of breaking down then both parties are likely to b...
It's not licensees not putting them on, it's small businesses (that are licensed) that cannot afford to put them on. The...