The issue of ownership is back on the agenda after recent industry surveys but, as Jason Spits reports, the more things change, the more they stay the same....
Former Macquarie Financial Services Group executive director Brett Spork will take on the position of chief executive with E-Trade, taking over the role from Michael Dele...
The Australian Securities and Investment Commission’s (ASIC) examination of financial planning groups named as having produced ‘very poor’ plans in the regulator’s recent...
The Australian funds management market place is being increasingly dominated by the top five fund managers, who now control 67 per cent of the total market by size....
The financial planning industry will face a wave of criticism after the release today of a damning report on the quality of financial planning advice....
The value of BT to a big bank like Westpac lay in its wrap account platforms and that, argues LEO WASSERCUG, is a sign of the times....
AUSTRALIAN mortgage trusts are investing an increasing proportion of their funds in cash due to the current down market, meaning investors are being hit with lower than e...
NORWICH Union’s Navigator could be the next candidate for rationalisation in the Australian master trust industry after Money Management has learnt that Deutsche Bank is ...
IF THERE was one phrase to illustrate what this year’s Top 100 has revealed, it would have to be “steady as it goes”....
The Top 100 Dealers Survey is punctuated by the moves of dealer groups, which are often the result of large wallets and large deals. SIMON SEGAL looks at what went down b...
Having the biggest planner force is no sign of success. As JOHN WILKINSON writes, some of the lesser lights are advising on even greater sums for wealthier clients than t...
AMP FINANCIAL Planning has made it four in a row after once again topping the Money Management’s Top 100 Dealer Group survey, despite the fact its planner numbers dropped...
As the banks move into financial services in a big way, most notably with Westpac’s acquisition of BT, conventional wisdom says that big is better. TOM COLLINS begs to di...
ING Australia has chosen the name Tandem as the new trademark for the consolidated financial planning business it is forming with the merger of three of its existing deal...
Michael Parsons has stepped down as chief executive officer of Invesco Australia, citing personal reasons as the driving force behind his decision to leave the company....
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,...