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People & Products

Infocus Money Management has appointed Giulio Russo as head of business development, which the group says is to assist it to continue its rapid growth....

Funds management

As the returns from ASX200 stocks appear to be moving ever more in unison, having the ability to pick stocks outside of the mainstream market is more important than ever,...

Financial planning

The Macquarie Group Foundation has thrown its support behind Opportunity International Australia to undertake the next phase of its Social Performance Management micro-fi...

Financial planning

A South-Australian based financial planner has pleaded guilty to one count of deception and two counts of dishonest dealings with documents....

Financial planning

Global financial technology and software provider Rubik Financial has signed a conditional agreement to acquire COIN from Macquarie Group....

Financial planning

Despite the rise of direct channels, financial planners are better poised to engage customers about life insurance, according to industry executives....

Superannuation

David Barrett briefly addresses two major challenges that loom for financial advisers: providing the strategic advice associated with a potential recommendation for a sup...

Financial planning

After a sizeable dip in FUM in 2011, the total platform market ended the year to 31 March 2012 almost unchanged....

Financial planning

Overall satisfaction with financial planning software has reached a four-year high, with AdviserNETgain receiving the highest rating, according to a survey....

Editorial

The global economy’s centre of gravity is shifting before our eyes and financial advisers need to be ready to talk about the new risks and opportunities with their client...

Financial planning

Despite the satisfaction with platforms reaching a nine-year high, a new survey suggests 40 per cent of financial planners would happily switch providers for lower fees....

Financial planning

When selling a financial planning practice, the handover period is crucial and it is advantageous for the vendor to remain in the business for a period of 12 months or mo...

Financial planning

Macquarie Adviser Service's latest internal survey leaves it feeling satisfied....

Funds management

Each year the Money Management BDM of the Year attracts an outstanding group of candidates, and this year's state winners were no exception....

Funds management

Long and superior experience in shorting stocks has led to fund manager Regal Australia being named the winner of the Australian equities (long short) category in this ye...

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MARKET INSIGHTS

So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

4 months 3 weeks ago

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

4 months 3 weeks ago

Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...

6 months 4 weeks ago

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. ...

3 weeks ago

The FSCP has issued a written direction to an adviser who charged clients “extraordinary fees” for inappropriate and conflicted advice, as well as encouraged them to swit...

3 days 14 hours ago

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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