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Financial planning
Count chairman points the finger at Australia's financial services licensing system as the biggest impediment to a safe environment for investors....
Life/Risk
Plan for Life research shows new premium sales up 10.7 per cent....
Funds management
National Australia Bank has reported a 9.4 per cent fall in cash earnings on the back of tough market conditions and a weaker wealth management sector....
Life/Risk
Program makes super insurance more readily available to Australians....
Financial planning
The group's investment business suffered poor net flows in the first quarter of 2009, but its insurance business remains a strong performer. The results come on the back ...
Financial planning
National Catholic Superannuation Fund and Catholic Super intend merger to be in place by the end of the year....
Life/Risk
New Rice Warner research suggests that life insurers should start targeting the direct insurance market in pursuit of growth in circumstances where competition remains fi...
Financial planning
BT Wholesale Imputation Fund brokerage dropped by 0.5 per cent....
Financial planning
An ASX-listed financial planning group which targets female investors is planning to use its recently completed $12 million capital raising to develop new financial servi...
Financial planning
Count Financial has revealed a further decline in funds under management in the face of continuing market volatility but has also foreshadowed further acquisitions....
People & Products
Julian Carpenter steps up from BDM role....
People & Products
Cameron to replace Jim Tate, who leaves the board to take up a new position within Westpac as head of retail banking....
Financial planning
The Senior Australian Equity Release Association of Lenders has called on the Federal Government to include reverse mortgages within its $8 billion special relief package...
Life/Risk
An Australian insurance broker believes dealer groups could reduce their insurance costs by using discretionary trusts to insure day-to-day claims....
People & Products
AMP appoints BDM and fills newly created role in team servicing financial advisers....
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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...