AXA

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AXA incumbent group chief executive officer Les Owen is likely to now focus on the group’s regional interests following chief financial officer Andy Penn being appointed ...

Financial planning

A collection of positive ratings have been bestowed by research house Assirt on fund managers AXA and ABN Amro, with most of their fund sectors and management capabilitie...

Financial planning

Associated Planners Financial Services (APFS) has dropped AXA life insurance from its list of recommended insurers after the two groups failed to reach an understanding o...

Financial planning

Money Management’s second Business Development Manager (BDM) of the Year Award has once again proven extremely popular with the financial services community, drawing a la...

Financial planning

A Brisbane practice has boosted its earnings by about 35 per cent after undertaking a six-month business coaching program and business improvement initiatives. John Wilki...

Financial planning

Ipac Securities has launched iAccess, a tailored version of the AXA’s Summit wrap platform which will be available to ipac advisers and related third parties....

Financial planning

AXA will lose about 50 jobs in the process of streamlining its marketing and distribution into three groupings – wealth management, financial protection and distribution ...

Financial planning

Allianz Dresdner Asset Management (ADAM) has appointed Leanne Milton as head of retail business to increase its profile and effectiveness in the retail marketplace....

Financial planning

How do dealer groups pick their planners? John Wilkinson reports....

Financial planning

As smaller players in financial services look for scale, the larger institutional players have continued to consolidate. Mike Taylor reports....

Financial planning

The Financial Industry Complaints Service (FICS) is the subject of widespread industry discontent with a groundswell building in relation to its complaint handling proced...

Financial planning

Australians are chronically underinsured – which should present great opportunities for advisers. Mike Taylor reports....

Financial planning

AXA has unveiled plans to centralise its nationwide paraplanner operations in Melbourne by the end of the year with its non-Victoria based staff being offered the chance ...

Financial planning

AXA expects to lose over 120 advisers from its dealer groups as a result of Policy Statement 146 requirements and the introduction of raised education and compliance stan...

Financial planning

The representative body of advisers in AXA dealer groups is considering a bold withdrawal from the peak industry council of adviser associations, protesting that it repre...

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Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...

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Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...

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A Sydney financial adviser has been permanently banned from providing any financial services, with the regulator deriding his “lack of integrity, trustworthiness and prof...

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Minister for Financial Services, Stephen Jones, has provided further information about the second tranche of the Delivering Better Financial Outcomes (DBFO) reforms....

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ASIC has released the results of its first adviser exam to be held in 2025, with 241 candidates attempting the test....

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