BT Funds Management will face even further scrutiny of its acquisition by Westpac, with Australia’s major financial planning dealerships reviewing whether to pull their i...
THE general manager of ING’s now defunct AustAdvisers dealer group, Neil MacDonald, has left the group to join rival AMP....
MELBOURNE-based Kevin Bailey has been rated Australia’s top financial adviser under a new system of ranking planners released by the Adviser Ratings group this week....
The chief executive of AMP, Paul Batchelor, has today stepped down from his position after a tumultuous period in the history of the Australian financial services giant....
Most Australians are not ready for choice of superannuation fund despite the Government’s most recent attempt to put the policy firmly back on the agenda, a survey conduc...
Mercer Investment Consulting has backed up its push into the retail funds management research scene with the announcement of three new recruits today....
The low level of Australia’s household cash savings could prove a major crisis for the country in the future, the Financial Planning Association (FPA) has warned....
Troubled accounting and financial planning consolidator Stockford yesterday appointed Chris Riordan as its new chairman....
The financial services industry’s preparations for a move to the Financial Services Reform Act (FSRA) regime could be thrown into disarray after crucial new regulations w...
The Assirt research house has reconfirmed its ‘Strong’ rating of Perpetual Investments’ Australian equity capabilities despite the announcement last week that Perpetual’s...
Insignia Financial has made four appointments, including three who have joined from TAL, to lead strategy and innovation in its retirement solutions for the MLC brand....
A former Brisbane financial adviser has been charged with 26 counts of dishonest conduct regarding a failure to disclose he would receive substantial commission payments ...
Pinnacle Investment Management has announced it will acquire strategic interests in two international fund managers for $142 million....
This verdict highlights something deeply wrong and rotten at the heart of the FSCP. We are witnessing a heavy-handed, op...
Interesting. Would be good to know the details of the StrategyOne deal....
It’s astonishing to see the FAAA now pushing for more advisers by courting "career changers" and international recruits,...