MLC

People & Products

The financial advice technology firm has appointed MLC group executive advice, Geoff Rogers, to the role who will begin in June....

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Financial planning

While financial advisers have signalled they are generally open to switching licensees, salaried advisers have strongly signalled they are attracted to self-employment....

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Financial planning

The combined loss of advisers for IOOF/MLC has reached 252 advisers since IOOF announced the purchase of MLC in August last year and is now nearing AMP Group which has lo...

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Financial planning

Count Financial continues to be active in recruiting advice firms from both the MLC and IOOF licenses....

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Superannuation

Ten superannuation funds experienced outflows in excess of a billion dollars as a result of the Government’s COVID-19 hardship superannuation early release regime, with i...

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Financial planning

This has been a tough week for IOOF given that the financial planning groups operating under its umbrella have topped the list for the highest declines in adviser numbers...

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Superannuation

Superannuation funds have told a Parliamentary Committee that the costs of implementing Superstream were so high that they offset any immediate cost-savings....

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Superannuation

When the Government’s early release superannuation scheme comes to an end, 10 funds will have made over 60% of the payments, most of them being industry funds....

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Financial planning

The number of actual advisers has dropped through the 21,000 barrier this week, with the loss of a further 31 advisers, according to HFS Consulting’s data....

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Features

The two largest financial planning organisations have increasingly been singing from the same hymn book in delivering their policy messages to Canberra but they are still...

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Financial planning

Financial advice needed to focus on improving the value of advice, rather than focusing solely on the cost, according to a panel....

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People & Products

Geoff Lloyd will leave MLC after two years at the helm following the recent sale agreement with IOOF....

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Life/Risk

MLC Life acknowledges less than acceptable service experience as it creates specific life division to be led by Sean McCormack....

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Features

Multi-asset funds can take the work out of choosing your asset allocation, but Chris Dastoor writes, that advantage can be best used to focus on specific outcomes rather ...

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Superannuation

National Australia Bank super entities NULIS and MLC Nominees have been hit by Federal Court penalties out of an Australian Securities and Investments Commission action o...

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