Who do you trust with your money? Money matters top of mind for Australians this week

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Financial Planning Week 23-29 May 2011 kicks off today with the CEO of Australia’s peak professional financial planning body, the Financial Planning Association’s (FPA) Mark Rantall, calling for all Australians to

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Licensee Select and Financial Index sign agreement

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Licensee Select has signed an agreement to provide licensee solutions to Financial Index Australia Pty Ltd (FIA) – an Australia-wide financial planning firm with 10 offices and more than 35

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HUB24 Investment Service repositions to meet FOFA reforms

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The HUB24 Investment Service (HUB24), a service offering of ASX listed wealth management services utility and stockbroker, Investorfirst Limited (ASX: INQ), has announced that it will reposition its service to

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BT Financial Group appoints Rodney Greenhalgh as Head of Retirement

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David Lees, General Manager – Super, Investments and Retirement at BT Financial Group, today announced the appointment of Mr Rodney Greenhalgh as Head of Retirement effective 6 June. Mr Greenhalgh

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Asia’s dividend ‘sweetspot’ continues to yield

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Below is a market comment from Jason Pidcock, head of the Asian Equities desk at Newton, part of BNY Mellon Asset Management, on the outlook for equity income investing in

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AMP announces product and platform plans for the merged AMP/AXA business

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AMP Limited has completed initial integration planning for its merger with AXA Asia Pacific’s Australian and New Zealand businesses, announcing high level decisions on how it will bring the two company’s products

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Future2 opens new round of grants supporting local charities

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Financial planners urged to support applications from local charities working with disadvantaged Australians   Charities helping disadvantaged young Australians are invited to apply for grants of up to $10,000 from

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Hillross announces strategic appointments

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Hillross has completed a series of senior appointments, boosting the level of regionalised support to its network of advisers.  Hillross Managing Director Hugh Humphrey said the appointments were an important

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AMP welcomes Standard & Poor’s rating upgrade

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AMP Limited has welcomed the upgrade of The National Mutual Life Association of Australasia Limited’s (National Mutual Life) rating from A+ to AA- by Standard & Poor’s (S&P). National Mutual

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Home loans slump to decade lows

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Housing finance; Weekly Petrol Price; New Car Sales The number of new owner-occupier housing loans fell by 1.5 per cent to 44,968 new commitments –marking the lowest result since March

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