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Financial planning

IOOF Holdings has appointed Russell Investments as its investment consultant to help manage its $10 billion multi manager portfolios within the funds management division....

Editorial

The executive chairman of Count Financial, Barry Lambert, recently demonstrated the degree to which consolidation has become a focal point in the Australian financial ser...

People & Products

IOOF has appointed Renato Mota as general manager, distribution, effective immediately....

Editorial

While much of the debate around NAB/MLC’s acquisition of AXA Asia Pacific has focused on who controls which dealer group, Mike Taylor argues that control of the platforms...

Financial planning

Control of the Australian platform market has nearly halved in the past four years to be dominated by three of the nation's big four banks, a situation that would be exac...

Superannuation

Australians need to look at long-term saving options that sit outside superannuation if they are to have enough money to maintain their current lifestyle in retirement, a...

Financial planning

Speculation around a possible ANZ takeover of IOOF appears to be cooling after initial reports surfaced over the weekend....

Financial planning

The consolidation of the financial services industry is being reflected in the platform market. Mike Taylor reports...

Financial planning

The picture of a positive third quarter continues to evolve, with IOOF Holdings revealing funds under management, administration, advice and supervision (FUMAS) has incre...

Financial planning

The AIOFP has put out tenders to eight platform providers to provide four white label platforms in an effort to ultimately lower the cost of fee-for-service to its member...

Financial planning

IOOF Portfolio Solutions' Pursuit Select Platform now has a Direct Shares functionality on three products, opening up a new set of strategies for clients....

Editorial

IOOF Holdings has flagged the sale of its life insurance business in its 2009 annual results, in which it posted a 32.1 per cent loss in net profit to $15.85 million....

Financial planning

While some advisers may feel they don't have the skills to deal with estate planning, investment bonds allow them to offer an estate planning strategy within their existi...

Financial planning

IOOF merger with AWM generates special dividend at the upper end of expectations....

Editorial

When the National Australia Bank (NAB) late last month announced its acquisition of Aviva’s wealth management business, its documentation lodged with the Australian Secur...

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