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Financial planning
The corporate regulator has worked through the Christmas and New Year period, having made a number of key announcements during the three weeks....
People & Products
Madison Financial Group has appointed former Infocus Wealth Management head of business development/practice management Giulio Russo as general manager....
People & Products
Centrepoint Alliance makes further changes to executive line-up, naming new CFO and company secretary....
Superannuation
Industry fund chairman expresses concern that improper advice is driving member departures to SMSFs. ...
Financial planning
AQR Capital Management has welcomed the fact that two of the key ratings houses have awarded its Wholesale Managed Futures Fund a 'recommended' rating. ...
People & Products
The Financial Services Council (FSC) has appointed Challenger managing director and chief executive Brian Benari to the board....
Financial planning
The Future of Financial Advice regime is slowly settling down. Well, perhaps. With the recent election of a Coalition Government, all bets could be off the table, as Geor...
Superannuation
As SMSF regulatory reform puts the spotlight on the relationship between accountants and financial advisers, David Clatworthy looks at how the relationship may evolve in ...
People & Products
Australasian Wealth Investments (AWI) has appointed former head of UBS Global Asset Management, Ben Heap, as chief executive and managing director....
Financial planning
Perpetual boss Geoff Lloyd said the group had restructured its advice business to position it well for the anticipated return to full advice and equities....
Editorial
Yellow Brick Road’s wealth management division has posted a huge jump in revenue, although the group’s overall result was a loss of $6.6 million....
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If a product receives a glowing review by a research house and subsequently fails, should the research house be partly responsible? The Parliamentary Joint Committee rece...
Superannuation
SMSF administration platform provider, Xpress Super has added a direct property option to its offering. ...
Financial planning
ASIC’s successful appeal against the $82.5 million settlement between former Storm Financial investors and Macquarie Bank is a “serious blow to direct consumer action”, a...
Financial planning
The Federal Court has deemed unfair the $82.5 million settlement between Storm Financial investors and Macquarie Bank. ...
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It's not licensees not putting them on, it's small businesses (that are licensed) that cannot afford to put them on. The...