New Roy Morgan research has confirmed that up to half of planning clients are out of touch with their planners....
Amid continuing speculation that more AXA practices are departing for MLC, it is understood that most of them have decided to stay, signing a so-called 'welcome package'....
Although MLC has been open in its plans to target AXA-aligned planning firms that may be disenchanted following the bank's merger with AMP, many of those businesses say t...
Despite noise from the marketplace suggesting competition from rivals looking to poach AXA financial planning practices, there has so far been no significant net change b...
Despite a number of software developers and platform providers flagging plans to introduce opt-in facilities, the financial planning community claims automating the proce...
The wealth management division of HLB Mann Judd in South Australia has acquired boutique planning firm Howard Financial Planners....
Smaller platform providers claim large institutions that have financial products, administration services and distribution networks under one umbrella will find ways to p...
AMP has launched a new logo following its merger with AXA Asia Pacific's Australian and New Zealand businesses....
No new licensee arrangements have been discussed following the AMP/AXA merger, according to AMP Financial Services managing director Craig Meller....
AMP-owned dealer group Hillross Financial Services has boosted regionalised support for its network of advisers, appointing 12 new senior managers across the country....
First quarter cashflow data paints a mixed picture for AMP and AXA....
AMP Horizons Financial Planning Academy has become a national centre responsible for ongoing education and the development of its entire financial planner base, according...
Global institutional investment consultant Mercer is looking to increase its competitive presence in the Australian retail research market by leveraging its institutional...
Inflows into the life insurance risk market grew 12.5 per cent in 2010, although new premium sales continued a pattern of marginal growth, according to Plan for Life rese...
Former OnePath business development manager (BDM) and Money Management's 2010 BDM of the Year, Lyndall James, has joined van Eyk Research in the same role....
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,...