THE general manager of ING’s now defunct AustAdvisers dealer group, Neil MacDonald, has left the group to join rival AMP....
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...
There is a saying that old advisers never die, they just re-write their life insurance policies....
The subtle changes currently being made to the Hillross/AMP model reflects a repositioning of the value propositions of both businesses. GEORGE LIONDIS reports on what is...
AMP has added to the number of groups offering back-office solutions to financial planners with the launch of a dealer group backoffice support service....
Financial services giant AMP will acquire PricewaterhouseCoopers’ financial planning division for an undisclosed amount, growing the business by 23 financial planners and...
InvestmentLink has expanded its services with the roll out of its transaction processing service for retail managed funds, only one day after the Australian Stock Exchang...
The crisis in professional indemnity insurance which has engulfed many professions in recent weeks has hit home for financial planners, with at least two more groups refu...
Up to six industry organisations, including a number of fund mangers, have expressed an interest in buying van Eyk research, van Eyk managing director Stephen van Eyk has...
William M Mercer has bounced back from yesterday’s deal collapse with van Eyk Research, continuing its push into the retail financial services market by signing a consult...
Australia’s largest dealer group is preparing to link practice management directly to financial rewards. GEORGE LIONDIS reports on what could be a revolution in adviser r...
Australia’s largest financial planning dealer group, AMP Financial Planning, is predicting extensive amalgamations within its network of financial planning firms as part ...
The influence of large scale financial institutions in the financial advice market shows no signs of abating. GEORGE LIONDIS reports on Money Management’s second annual l...
One of the two peak accountancy bodies, CPA Australia, has stated it is looking at securing its own unrestricted financial services licence in a bid to support members mo...
Australia’s largest financial planning group, AMP Financial Planning, has announced a three year plan to radically overhaul its remuneration policy in what is being seen ...
So shareholders lose a dividend plus have seen the erosion of value. Qantas decides to clawback remuneration from Alan ...
This is why I left my last position. There was no interest in giving the client quality time, it was all about bumping ...
So the Hayne Royal Commission has left us with this. What a sad day for the financial planning industry. Clearly most ...