FINANCIAL SERVICES INDUSTRY
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The term "Jack of all trades and master of none" has, depending on your standpoint, two meanings. Traditionally, it is a sapient caution against the downside of spreading...
Financial planning
Former National Mutual executive director Ian Ferres is to join the Australian Unity board....
Financial planning
There has long been a saying around the financial planning and funds management traps over the years that if the major banks ever got their act together, they'd probably ...
Financial planning
The Federal Government is beginning to show the signs of frustration that the financial services industry is feeling at the slow pace of legislation aimed at reforming th...
Financial planning
This edition of Money Management is dominated by the evolving business of portfolio administration services. ...
Financial planning
After a week of Wrap conferences, perhaps the simplest explanation of why Wrap matters was expressed by an adviser - “What I like about your business is that it is about ...
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The financial services industry breathed a collective sigh of relief following the the announcement by Treasurer Peter Costello that the government will take Ralph Review...
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Money managers looking to land a new job can expect the next few months to offer their best opportunity in years, according to the latest Morgan & Banks job survey....
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Some of the world’s top direct-distribution executives in the financial services industry will address the local industry in Sydney next month....
Financial planning
Back in December I attended a conference on private banking. There I heard a speaker say the following:...
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To many in the financial services industry, the title “paraplanner” conjures up an image of a quiet techie beavering away behind the scenes on the lesser tasks of financi...
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The financial services industry could learn the proposed new owners Melbourne-based StateGuard Friendly Society by the end of this week....
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Coles Myer is to develop a multi-brand, multi-channel approach to selling financial services in its supermarkets and department stores....
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The fallout from the lengthy, convoluted and occasionally acrimonious merger last year between New Zealand's two largest financial adviser bodies continues....
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The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) has axed plans to merge with the Financial Planning Association (FPA), citing irreconcilable differences in membership bases....
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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...