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Amicus builds business on flat planning fee

Amicus Financial Planning has created a template for a flat fee-for-service model that is gaining fans among planners keen to sidestep the current debacle on conflicts of interest surrounding commission-based fees. Amicus is run by financial planner ...

Asgard makes regional appointments

Asgard Wealth Solutions has made three new appointments as part of its recent move to restructure its distribution network along regional lines. The group has appointed Neil Younger to the newly created position of head of business and strategic development ...

FPA readies for another dose of Dazza

After the success of their initial "Dazza" value of advice advertising campaign, the FPA is revving up for round two. According to the FPA, 34 per cent of investors who participated in a study had seen the initial "Dazza" campaign about the value of ...

OptiMix goes Indian with multi-manager solution

OptiMix, the multi-manager division of ING Investment Management, is about to launch the OptiMix Income Growth Multi-Manager FoF Scheme into the Indian market. OptiMix's first mutual fund scheme offered in the Indian market implements an investment ...

Perpetual appoints former ANZ MD to board

Perpetual Limited (Perpetual) has appointed a former ANZ Group (ANZ) managing director to their board to replace three directors who announced their retirement at the company's AGM in October last year. Elizabeth Proust, former managing director of ...

City slickers to face higher bankruptcy rates: ITSA

The latest statistics from Insolvency and Trustee Services Australia (ITSA) paint a dire picture of the incidence of bankruptcies in the eastern states, brought on by rising petrol and household living costs. According to ITSA, bankcruptcies in the ...

FPA "Good Advice" campaign starts on TV this week

The first TV advertisements in the Financial Planning Association's (FPA) Value of Advice campaign will start screening this week on morning television. Channel 7's Sunrise program is the first place where the ads will be seen, but subsequently over ...

FPA launches consumer advice campaign

The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has launched its long awaited consumer campaign aimed at demonstrating the value-add of why consumers should use a financial adviser. The campaign, to be fully integrated across television, print and the internet ...

Fincorp pulled up by ASIC for misleading advertising

Another advertising campaign has been pulled up by ASIC this week, this time with the retail based financial group Fincorp Investments being issued with an Enforceable Undertaking for misleading statements. Fincorp's advertising campaign, which appeared ...

BT Governance Service wins Emergency Services Super mandate

Emergency Services Super has awarded its $1.5 billion governance mandate to BT Governance Advisory Service (GAS). Emergency Services Super looks after the superannuation needs of employees and their spouses in the Victorian Police, Metropolitan Fire ...

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Australian Unity to shed 195 roles

MATTHEW WAI

Australian Unity is reducing its workforce by 195 positions due to underperformance stemming from delays in government support for its Home Health platform and the integration of several businesses.

Count shutters limited-advice business, slips in size ranking

MATTHEW WAI

Count Financial has reportedly wound up its restricted SMSF/limited-advice service, losing some 26 advisers on the Financial Adviser Register, latest data shows.

First Super recruits head of investments from Prime Super

MATTHEW WAI

First Super has appointed a new head of investments, replacing Chris Artis, who was in the position for the past three months on an interim basis.

BMO eyes Euroz Hartleys' capital markets business

KARREN VERGARA

Euroz Hartleys confirmed it is in discussions with Canada's BMO Financial Group for a potential sale of its capital markets business for $145 million.

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