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Merged planning group to meet new client needs

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAY 2011
Three AMP accredited financial planning firms have combined to form a national business, Eluvia, providing a more complex suite of advice to SME and individual clients. When Sydney based President Financial Services came on the market in 2010, KRA Financial ...

Securitor to grow planner network

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2011
Dealer group Securitor is looking to grow its network, while rolling out new initiatives to improve the efficiency of its existing businesses. Securitor, owned by BT Financial Group, currently has close to 500 planners and 240 practices within its network. ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAR 2011
The Australian dollar was flat at noon, as investors take profits on recent gains. At 1200 AEDT, the Australian dollar was trading at 100.69 US cents, little changed from Tuesday's local close of 100.68 US cents. Since 0700 AEDT on Wednesday, it has ...

FSA ups ante on advice

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 21 JAN 2011
UK-based financial advisers will be required to hold a Statement of Professional Standing (SPS) to continue providing financial advice after January 2013, according to new regulations set out by the Financial Services Authority (FSA). The regulation ...

Fee-for-service products gain pace

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 12 NOV 2010
With the deadline for proposed fee-for-service regulation closing in, new planning products and services are being launched to help planners handle the transition.E&W Strategic Partners, a boutique business strategy and improvement consultancy, has ...

ASIC super expert joins ASFA

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 7 OCT 2010
ASFA has hired former ASIC senior executive superannuation leader, Louise du Pre-Alba, as its new director of policy. Du Pre-Alba was previously head of super at ASIC and will take up her role immediately on a part-time basis, before working full-time ...

Snowball signs platform deal with CFS

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 27 SEP 2010
ASX-listed Snowball Group has acquired revenue rights for the Symetry portfolio service platform from Colonial First State (CFS), and as part of the deal will now collaborate on its ongoing development. Snowball, which already has the majority of funds ...

ANZ to compensate Storm victims

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 20 SEP 2010
ANZ Bank has introduced a new package to compensate Storm Financial investors. According to a Slater & Gordon statement, ANZ Bank has started a Storm resolution scheme, with the law firm calling it "another important step forward in winning compensation ...

Unions threaten strikes with BBC pension reforms looming

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 SEP 2010

Lazard Carnegie Wylie offloads local Dun & Bradstreet

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 2 SEP 2010
Dun & Bradstreet Corporation in the US has bought the independently-owned Australian and New Zealand operations from private equity firm Lazard Carnegie Wylie for A$233 million. The deal will place Australia in the centre of D&B Corporation's aggressive ...