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A survey by Macquarie Portfolio Services has revealed that the knowledge of wrap services among advisers has escalated over the past 12 months, and particularly over the ...

ING Mercantile Mutual Bank, the only specialist bank in Australia which distributes mortgages solely through advisers, has launched a new home loan product with a unique ...

A far reaching recent court judgement is being viewed as a wake-up call for financial planning dealer groups, highlighting the need to keep an eagle eye on their adviser ...

It is timely to reflect on our industry. Not because of the millen-nium, but because over the last twelve months or so we have seen a changing of the guard in the indust...

Financial planning groups are looking to beef up adviser numbers as the push to gain critical mass continues unabated....

I remember, when discretionary master trusts were becoming popular in the mid-nineties, business development managers (BDMs) employed by fund managers were concerned abou...

Far from being a threat to advisers, those financial service providers with a strong track record in the direct business often bring the same levels of service to adviser...

The overwhelming majority of financial advisers know very little about wrap accounts....

Over the past five years, advisers have watched from the sidelines as a number of retail financial services groups have been sold with what seem to be large price to earn...

Norwich Union has confirmed its future distribution strategy will be adviser-driven with no plans to introduce direct selling, says managing director James MacKenzie....

A survey by Macquarie Portfolio Services has revealed that the knowl-edge of wrap services among advisers has escalated over the past 12 months, and particularly over the...

Corporate superannuation has long been the realm of the large whole-sale financial services groups to the exclusion of financial advis-ers, but that is about to change, r...