Australian Financial Services (AFS) has built up $30 million in funds under administration in the first nine weeks of operation of its Strategy master trust....
AXA is on the prowl for dealer groups to boost its distribution network, group chief executive Les Owen has confirmed....
Financial planners are now the “dominant force” in the personal finance market, according to Financial Planning Association (FPA) chief executive Ken Breakspear....
A rising Australian dollar plus uncertainty in the US have severely damaged international equities for the month of November....
Australian investors have hit a conservative patch, shunning shares and property and favouring bank deposits. ...
Associated Planners shareholders have given the green light to the purchase of 20 per cent of the group by Zurich Financial Services Australia....
Property investment group Waltus will continue with its plans to merge 27 of its syndicates into one company, following the refusal of New Zealand’s High Court to issue a...
Male and female financial planners are perceived as two distinct groups by the Australian public, according to a National Australia bank (NAB) survey....
History is bunk according to Henry Ford but the same doesn't necessarily apply to the financial world where history can often provide valuable pointers to the future. For...
AM Corporation has restructured its international fund for the second time this year....
AM Corporation has restructured its international fund for the second time this year....
The high cost of life insurance transactions will see the global life companies packaging risk products with other products, says Association of Financial Advisers presid...
The long heralded float of Count Wealth Accountants has received enormous support from its advisers with the preferential offer to members already oversubscribed....
The financial planning industry has become one of Australia’s most sought after industries for employment, according to the latest Morgan & Banks job index....
Advisers are concentrating on the high end of the market which will be producing the future millionaires, says Brian Ashe, immediate past-president of the Million Dollar ...
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,...