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Financial planning

A Melbourne law firm has assisted financial planners in postponing a meeting of Willmott Forests grower investors....

People & Products

ING Investment Management is strengthening its business development and distributions teams now that it is able to build direct relationships with advisers....

Financial planning

Securitor is looking to acquire advice practices that are shifting towards a fee for advice structure, regardless of their business model or current remuneration structur...

People & Products

Charter Hall Direct Property has appointed former Wallaby Brendan Cannon as its key account manager for Western Australia and Queensland....

Financial planning

Half of advisers are incorrectly classifying term deposits as cash, according to PIMCO research....

Financial planning

AFS Group has signed an agreement to use Praemium’s SMARTwrap platform....

Financial planning

The dealer group has added 15 new offices in the past financial year, according to managing director Darren Steinhardt....

Superannuation

An increasing number of investors are not getting enough information and advice on self-managed superannuation funds (SMSFs) and are suffering as a result, according to W...

Financial planning

The Association of Financial Advisers is pushing ahead with a lobby group aimed at defining the ‘nuances’ of proposed regulatory reforms to the advice industr...

Financial planning

As the world looks to right the wrongs of the global financial crisis, one major problem still needs to be tackled by the wealth management sector - consumer confidence....

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Financial planning

Online information portals could be powerful tools for advisers to engage their clients in the difficult discussion of risk insurance, and two such portals were recently ...

Financial planning

Tower Australia has appointed two new members to its risk new business team, with Jason Scott joining the company as national fulfilment manager for retail life and Helen...

Financial planning

Advisers are underestimating the return potential of fixed income with a focus on reducing volatility, according to PIMCO....

Life/Risk

Mike Taylor leads a roundtable discussion about the challenges facing the insurance industry. Topics covered include underinsurance, reaching younger consumers and advise...

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Editorial

The fallout from the GFC has shaken consumer confidence in the financial services sector, prompting an increase in direct investments. Janine Mace takes a look at what th...

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Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...

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Commonwealth Bank has formally dropped to zero advisers following LGT Crestone’s acquisition of its advice arm – some six years on from the Hayne royal commission. ...

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ASIC has cancelled the AFSL of an advice firm associated with Shield and First Guardian collapses, and permanently banned its responsible manager. ...

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