Advisers attending IOOF professional development days and technical training sessions will be eligible to receive CPD points following the company’s acceptance as a princ...

INGhas signed Xplan to enhance its online financial planning business support tool, Adviser Advantage, to add features that will allow advisers to more easily provide a s...

Focussing on providing services to the adviser and not the licence holder will be the major focus for the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) in 2006, says president ...

Upgrades to Asgard Wealth Solutions’ planning and practice management software will be rolled out to advisers in the last quarter of 2006, the company has announced....

As part of a bold new bid to increase revenue by 30 per cent, advisers not aligned to Count Financial will be rewarded with options in the dealer group if they drive new ...

Boutique dealer group AAA Financial Group (AAAFG) has expanded its head count to 80 advisers nationally from 10 at the start of the year, and is preparing to launch a mor...

AMP Financial Planning advisers will charge negotiable upfront fees of $200 to $700 for TurningPoint, while AdvicePlus Solutions’ price will be agreed with clients, accor...

AMP advisers will charge negotiable upfront fees of $200 to $700 for the ‘TurningPoint experience’, while the price for AdvicePlus Solutions will be agreed with the clien...

ANZ Financial Planning is moving universally onto a fee-for-service remuneration model for its advisers, becoming the first major Australian dealer group to do so officia...

According to Sue Merriman, BT Financial Group’s head of technical, more advisers need to be aware of the importance of beneficiary nominations when creating estate plans ...

Things are looking up for financial advisers, with fewer reporting difficulties finding new clients, less fee pressure than expected being experienced in the wake of incr...

The launch of the Generic Personal Statement (GPS) for risk advisers and their clients has generated some debate, which I think warrants some commentary....

Hopes that the introduction of choice of fund would boost business for financial advisers appear to have been dashed, with a new survey showing the majority of planners w...

Alan Kenyon and Stephen Prendeville are happy to see advisers selling their practices and other advisers buying them, particularly when their business Kenyon Prendeville ...